Rashi, on Neh 12:30

“And the priests and the Levites purified, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.”

“purified themselves First they purified themselves, and afterwards they purified the others. and the gates and the wall that there should be no uncleanliness in the city.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.