Nehemiah 13:30

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.”

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BSBPD

“Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Nehemiah 13:30 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Chronicles 23:1When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
  2. 2 Chronicles 13:10But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.
  3. Nehemiah 10:30We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
  4. Nehemiah 12:1Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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