Nehemiah 7:64

64 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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Nehemiah 7:64 in Other Translations

KJV

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.

ESV

64 These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

NLT

64 They searched for their names in the genealogical records, but they were not found, so they were disqualified from serving as priests.

MSG

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.

CSB

64 These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

Nehemiah 7:64 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 7:64

(See Gill on Nehemiah 7:6).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Nehemiah 7:64 In-Context

62 the descendants of

63 And from among the priests:

64 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

65 The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

66 The whole company numbered 42,360,

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Nehemiah 7:64 in Other Translations

Nehemiah 7:64 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 7:64 In-Context