27. Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying strange women?
28. And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
29. Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
30. Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed wards for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;
31. and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.