Ezra 2:63

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ezra 2:63

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

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KJV

King James Version

And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

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WEB

World English Bible

The governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to serve with Urim and with Thummim.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

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Ezra 2

⁶¹ And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).

⁶² These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

⁶³ The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁴ The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

⁶⁵ in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.

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