Nehemiah 7:64

64 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.

Nehemiah 7:64 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 7:64

(See Gill on Nehemiah 7:6).

Nehemiah 7:64 In-Context

62 The sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.
63 And of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai, who took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
64 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.
65 And the Tirshatha said unto them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
66 The whole congregation united as one man was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
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