These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
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These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
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These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
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These sought their register, that is, the genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Nehemiah 7:64 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 9:1 So all Israel were listed by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
- Nehemiah 7:5 My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be listed by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found this written in it:
- Nehemiah 13:29 Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
- Matthew 22:11-13 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing, and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 64. were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood]…
64. were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood] R.V. were they deemed polluted and put, &c. Marg. Heb. they were polluted from, &c.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 These sought their records among those enrolled by their…
These sought their records among those enrolled by their genealogy
"They sought their written genealogical records" or "They searched their written genealogical records"
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These sought
"These" refers to the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai. (See: Nehemiah 7:63)
but they could not be found
This can be expressed in active form. AT: "but they could not find their records" (See: Active or Passive)
they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean
This can be translated in active form. The abstract noun "priesthood" can be translated as the verb "work as priests." AT: "the governor treated them as if they were unclean and did not allow them to work as priests" (See: Active or Passive and Abstract Nouns)
until there rose up a priest with Urim and Thummim
This can be stated in active form. AT: "until a priest with Urim and Thummim approved" (See: Active or Passive)
Urim and Thummim
These were sacred stones that the high priest carried on his breastplate and used at times to determine God's will. (See: Translate Unknowns)
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priest
clean
govern
sacrifice
raise
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