Original sentence: Although later tradition relaxed the Deuteronomic prohibition and pledged posterity for eunuchs in the divine memory, Nehemiah thus could not enter certain areas of the temple.Nehemiah's service to his people and nation - despite prejudice and social and religious disadvantage – did indeed make a difference to the accommodation
Edited sentence: Later tradition relaxed the Deuteronomic prohibition and pledged posterity for eunuchs in the divine memory.Nehemiah's service to his people and nation - despite prejudice and social and religious disadvantage – did indeed make a difference to the accommodation, if not yet the affirmation, of a denigrated sexual minority.Thus Nehemiah could not enter certain areas of the temple