What does the Bible say about interracial marriage and interracial dating?
There is nothing in the Bible that says it is wrong to date or marry a person of a different race. Bible passages There are a few incidental mentions of race in the Bible (e.g., that Ethiopian’s skin was different, Jeremiah 13:23), but there is nothing saying one race is superior to another. Moses was married to a Cushite (Ethiopian) woman (Numbers 12:1-16), and God was angry with Aaron and Miriam for criticizing that marriage. The Hebrews were forbidden to marry Canaanites (Exodus 34:10-17; Deuteronomy 7:3-4). The reason was because the Canaanites worshipped idols, not because of race; the Hebrews and Canaanites were racially similar. The apostle Paul encouraged Christians not to marry unbelievers (2 Corinthians 6:14), but here again, the reason was religious, not racial. Jesus and His apostles taught that we must respect and show compassion for all people of God’s creation without regard to artificial distinctions like race and nationality. In His Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke
