Thus I purified them from everything foreign and appointed work crews for the priests and the Levites, each to his task,
“But for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned Him. And our priests serve the Lord and are sons of Aaron, Levites with their service.
so that we will not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons.
Then the priests and the Levites purified themselves. They also purified the people, the gates, and the wall.