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Exodus 34:16: “‘And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and daughters and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.’”

God gave this command because when the Israelites moved into Canaan, they would be surrounded by neighbors who worshipped other things and not the Lord. Skin color had nothing to do with it. There are even a couple key figures who married interracially: Moses and Solomon. Exodus 2: 21: “Moses agreed to stay with the man who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. 1st Kings 11:1-2: “King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharoah’s daughter-Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. They were from the nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites ‘You must not marry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.’ Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.” Let's look at Moses' situation first. Zipporah was a Cushite, a person descended from the area which is now modern-day Sudan. Even Moses’ own siblings, Miriam and Aaron were against his marriage to her and opposed him in Numbers 12. But this is a parallel link to Christianity: God’s love sees past all skin color. He did create people with diverse skin tones. Next, let's go visit Solomon, the 3rd king of Israel. Chapter 11, Verse 3 of 1st Kings says that Solomon had '''700''' wives! All of them came from across the ancient world. It is likely that the reason Solomon had som many wives was to solidify alliances he made with other nations. Solomon's downfall (1st Kings 11:9-13) was not because of his wives' skin color but because their religious practices.

Irons, Peter, and Stephanie Guitton. May It Please The Court: The Most Significant Oral Arguments Made Before the Supreme Courth Since 1955. 1st. New York, New York: The New Press, 1993. Print.