Nehemiah 13:30

Easy To Read Version

So I made the priests and Levites clean and pure. I took away all the foreigners and the strange things they taught. And I gave the Levites and priests their own duties and responsibilities.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 13:10

“But as for us, the Lord is our God. We people of Judah have not refused to obey God! We have not left him! The priests who serve the Lord are Aaron’s sons. And the Levites help the priests serve the Lord.

Nehemiah 10:30

“We promise not to let our daughters marry the people living around us. And we promise not to let our sons marry their daughters.\par

Nehemiah 12:30

So, the priests and Levites made themselves pure in a ceremony. Then they also made the people, the gates, and the wall of Jerusalem pure in a ceremony.