Then I made sure that the people were free from every foreign influence, and I assigned duties for the priests and Levites.
But we have not turned our backs on the LORD God! Aaron's own descendants serve as our priests, and the Levites are their assistants.
We won't let our sons and daughters marry foreigners.
The priests and Levites held special ceremonies to make themselves holy, and then they did the same for the rest of the people and for the gates and walls of the city.