Nehemiah 7:64
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
In context
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.
66 The whole assembly numbered 42,360,
Nehemiah 7:64 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
- ASV American Standard Version
- These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,
- DBY Darby Translation
- These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.