God’s Law to Israel clearly directed that they were to “form no marriage alliance ” with anyone from the surrounding pagan nations.
فَقَدْ نَهَتْ شَرِيعَةُ ٱللهِ لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ صَرَاحَةً عَنْ ‹ مُصَاهَرَةِ › ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلْوَثَنِيَّةِ ٱلْمُحِيطَةِ بِهِمْ .‏