1. On that day when the Law of Moses was read aloud to everyone, it was discovered that Ammonites and Moabites were forbidden to belong to the people of God.
2. This was because they had refused to give food and water to Israel and had hired Balaam to call down a curse on them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
3. Following the reading of the Law of Moses, the people of Israel started sending away anyone who had any foreign ancestors.
4. The priest Eliashib was a relative of Tobiah and had earlier been put in charge of the temple storerooms.