Now in the secondyearof their comingto the houseof Godat Jerusalemin the secondmonth,Zerubbabelthe sonof Shealtieland Jeshuathe sonof Jozadakand the restof their brothersthe priestsand the Levites,and allwho camefrom the captivityto Jerusalem,began[the work] and appointedthe Levitesfrom twentyyearsand olderto overseethe workof the houseof the LORD.
Now when thesethingshad been completed,the princesapproachedme, saying,"The peopleof Israeland the priestsand the Leviteshave not separatedthemselves from the peoplesof the lands,according to their abominations,[those] of the Canaanites,the Hittites,the Perizzites,the Jebusites,the Ammonites,the Moabites,the Egyptiansand the Amorites.