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As the people heard the Law, they separated everyone of mixed foreign descent from Israel.

But before this, the priest Eliashib, who had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God, and who was related to Tobiah, had provided a large storeroom for him.

Previously they had been putting the offerings, the incense, and the vessels, as well as the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil there. This had been done according to the command concerning the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.

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