Nehemiah 13:30
Good News Translation
I purified the people from everything foreign; I prepared regulations for the priests and the Levites so that all of them would know their duties;

New Revised Standard Version
Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work;

Contemporary English Version
Then I made sure that the people were free from every foreign influence, and I assigned duties for the priests and Levites.

New American Bible
So I cleansed them of all foreign contamination. I established the various functions for the priests and Levites, so that each had an appointed task.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So I separated from them all strangers, and I appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, every man in his ministry:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So I separated from them all strangers, and I appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, every man in his ministry:

cleansed.

Nehemiah 10:30 And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons.

appointed.

Nehemiah 12:1-26 Now these are the priests and the Levites, that went up with Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue: Saraia, Jeremias, Esdras, . . .

1 Chronicles 23:1-26:32 David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel. . . .

Context
Intermarriage Forbidden
29Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites. 30So I separated from them all strangers, and I appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, every man in his ministry:31And for the offering of wood at times appointed, and for the firstfruits: remember me, O my God, unto good. Amen.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 10:30
And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons.

Nehemiah 12:30
And the priests and the Levites were purified, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

Nehemiah 13:29
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