27 Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, ^atransgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?”  ‡

28 And one of the sons ^aof Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of ^bSanballat the Horonite; therefore I drove him from me.  ‡

30 ^aThus I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also ^bassigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service,  ‡

31 and to bringing ^athe wood offering and the firstfruits at appointed times. ^bRemember me, O my God, for good! ‡