“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 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign (heathen), and I defined the duties of the priests and Levites, everyone in his work; American Standard Version (1901) Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work; Common English Bible So I purified them of everything foreign and established the services of the priests and Levites with specific duties for each person. Catholic Public Domain Version And so I cleansed them from all foreigners, and I established the orders of the priests and the Levites, each one in his ministry. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So I separated from them all strangers: and I appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, every man in his ministry: |
“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.
“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
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.