Nehemiah 13:28-30

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁸ One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.

²⁹ O my God, [earnestly] remember them, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priests and Levites.

³⁰ Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign (heathen), and I defined the duties of the priests and Levites, everyone in his work;