Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;
Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.
And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,
And I purified them from all foreigners, and appointed the charges of the priests and the Levites, every one in his service;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC