Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;
Parallel translations
- KJV Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
- BSB Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.
- ESV Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work;
- NKJV Thus I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service,
- NASB So I purified them from everything foreign, and assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each in his work,
- NLT So I purged out everything foreign and assigned tasks to the priests and Levites, making certain that each knew his work.
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Cross-references · 3
- Neh 10:30and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
- Neh 12:1–26Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
- 1 Chr 23:1–26Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
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