Nehemiah 4:4

4:4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!

Nehemiah 7:64

7:64 They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded ¹  from the priesthood.

[7:64]  ¹ tn Heb “they were desecrated.”