29. Remember them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
30. So I purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign, and assigned them duties, each to his own task.
31. I also made provision for contributions of wood at designated times, and for the firstfruits.Remember me with favour, my God.Footnotes for the Book of Nehemiaha 5 Or their Lord or the governorb 6 Or oldc 13 That is, about 450 metresd 15 Hebrew Shelah, a variant of Shiloah, that is, Siloame 16 Hebrew; Septuagint, some Vulgate manuscripts and Syriac tombf 18 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Septuagint and verse 24); most Hebrew manuscripts Bavvaia 15 That is, about 460 gramsb 16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac Ia 68 Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also Ezra 2:66); most Hebrew manuscripts do not have this verse.b 70 That is, about 8.4 kilogramsc 71 That is, about 170 kilograms; also in verse 72d 71 That is, about 1.2 metric tonse 72 That is, about 1.1 metric tonsa 5 Or God for ever and everb 9 Or the Sea of Reedsc 22 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts Sihon, that is, the country of thed 38 In Hebrew texts this verse (9:38) is numbered 10:1.a 14 Most Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew their