28 One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib(A) the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat(B) the Horonite. And I drove him away from me.

29 Remember(C) them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.(D)

30 So I purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign,(E) and assigned them duties, each to his own task.

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28 And one of the sons (A)of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of (B)Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I drove him from me.

29 (C)Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and (D)the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

30 (E)Thus I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also (F)assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service,

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28 Even one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, became a son-in-law of (A)Sanballat the Horonite, so I chased him away from me. 29 (B)Remember them, my God, [a]because they have defiled the priesthood and the (C)covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

30 (D)So I purified them from everything foreign, and assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each in his work,

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 13:29 Lit for the defilements of