63
Likewise with these priestly families: -The sons of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai, who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and took that name.
64
They looked high and low for their family records but couldn't find them. And so they were barred from priestly work as ritually unclean.
65
The governor ruled that they could not eat from the holy food until a priest could determine their status by using the Urim and Thummim.
66
The total count for the congregation was 42,360.
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