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The Book of Nehemiah, Chapter 13, Verse 30

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Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
King James Version
Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
American Standard Version
Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;
New English Translation
So I purified them of everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to the priests and the Levites.
World English Bible
Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;
31
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
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Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
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[That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,
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In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, [being] before him:
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When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, [even] an hundred and fourscore days.
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And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
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[Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
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And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
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And the drinking [was] according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
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Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women [in] the royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus.