64 Thesesearched among their ancestralregistration*, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.
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Nehemiah 7:64 In-Context
62 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642 .
63 Of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and was named after them.
64 These searched among their ancestral registration , but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.
65 The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim.