Nehemiah 7:64
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
64 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.
65 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.
66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
Nehemiah 7:64 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.