Nehemiah 7:65

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Nehemiah 7:65

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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 Thummim.

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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Nehemiah 7

⁶³ 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).

⁶⁴ These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

⁶⁵ The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁶ The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

⁶⁷ in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.

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