Nehemiah 7:65
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
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,
67 in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
Nehemiah 7:65 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 Thummim.
- WEB World English Bible
- The governor told them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to minister with Urim and 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 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 the priest with Urim and Thummim.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up the priest with Urim and Thummim.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there should stand up a priest with Urim and Thummim.