Nehemiah 7:65

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

Nehemiah 7:65 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 7:65

(See Gill on Nehemiah 7:6).

Nehemiah 7:65 In-Context

63 And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called after their name.
64 These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.
65 And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up the priest with Urim and Thummim.
66 The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
67 besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five singing-men and singing-women.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. See Note a, Ezra 2.63.
  • [b]. See Ex. 28.30; Lev. 8.8; Num. 27.21; Deut. 33.8; 1Sam. 28.6; Ezra 2.63.
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