28 Even one of Joiada’s sons was a son-in-law of Sanballat from Beth Horon. (Joiada was the son of the chief priest Eliashib.) I chased Joiada’s son away from me.
29 ⌊Nehemiah prayed,⌋ “Remember them, my God, because they have contaminated the priestly office and the promise you made to the priests and Levites.”
30 So I cleansed them from everything that was foreign. I assigned duties to the priests and Levites. Each one had his own assignment.
31 I also arranged for delivering wood at regular times and for bringing the first produce to be harvested.⌊Nehemiah prayed,⌋ “Remember me, my God, for my benefit.”