The Obligations of the Covenant

^28 (A)“The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, ^(B)and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding,

³ As soon as the people heard the law, ^(A)they separated from Israel all ^(B)those of foreign descent.

^30 (A)Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work;

²¹ It was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and ^(A)also by every one who had joined them and separated himself ^(B)from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.

¹¹ Now then ^(A)make confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers and do his will. ^(B)Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”