Ezra 9:2

9:2 Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race ¹  has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!”

[9:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the holy seed,” referring to the Israelites as God’s holy people.