When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment ¹  of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.

So I purified them of everything foreign, and I assigned specific ¹  duties to the priests and the Levites.

Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.