27. Should we then listen to you and do all this great evil, acting unfaithfully toward our God by marrying foreign women?"
28. Now one of the sons of Joiada son of the high priest Eliashib was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I chased him away from me.
29. Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priests and the Levites!
30. So I purified them of everything foreign and established the services of the priests and Levites with specific duties for each person.
31. I also provided for the wood offering at appointed times as well as for the early produce.Remember me, my God, for good.