Nehemiah 7:64
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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.These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
In other translations
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.These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
Hebrew words
אֵלֶּה'elehtheseH428בִּקְשׁוּbikshuthey soughtH1245כְתָבָםkhetavamdocument theirH3791הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂיםhamityachsimwho had had themselves enrolledH3187וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808נִמְצָאnimtza'it was foundH4672וַיְגֹאֲלוּvaygo'aluand they were defiledH1351מִן־min-fromH4480הַכְּהֻנָּה׃hakehunahthe priesthoodH3550
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Nehemiah 7:5And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:
- 1 Chronicles 9:1So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
- Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
- Matthew 22:11-1311 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes. 12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless. 13 Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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