Ezra 2:63
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
In context
61 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).
62 These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
63 The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
64 The whole assembly numbered 42,360,
65 in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
Ezra 2:63 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
- KJV King James Version
- And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
- WEB World English Bible
- The governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to serve with Urim and with Thummim.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and the Tirshatha saith to them, that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.