Nehemiah 7:64

World English Bible (WEB)

These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.

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62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda: six hundred forty-two.

63 Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.

64 These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.

65 The governor told them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to minister with Urim and Thummim.

66 The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,

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Nehemiah 7:64 in every translation

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.
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.
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.