Nehemiah 7:61-65

61 The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, ^[a] and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

62 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.

63 And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).

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

65 The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim. ^[b]

Nehemiah 7:61-65 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 7

Nehemiah having built the wall, and set up the doors, appointed two persons to take the charge of the city, and set watches for the safety of it, and to take special care about opening and shutting the gates of it, Ne 7:1-3, and concerned he was for the peopling of it, and having found a register of the first comers to it, gives their names, Ne 7:4-69 and some account of the freewill offerings made for the work they came about, Ne 7:70-73.

Footnotes

• [a]. Addon is a variant of Addan; see Ezra 2:59.
• [b]. Literally Lights and Perfections