After them, Zadok the son of Immer made repairs across from his own house. After him, Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate, made repairs.
He set captains of war over the people, gathered them together to him in the wide place at the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
and said to them, “Listen to me, y’all Levites! Now y’all must sanctify yourselves*, and sanctify the house of YHWH, the God of y’all’s ancestors, and remove the filthiness out of the holy place.