So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression.
Nehemiah 7:64 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These sought their registration among those recorded in the genealogies, but it was not found; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible looked for their entries in the genealogical records, but they weren’t found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. Catholic Public Domain Version These sought their writing in the census, and they did not find it, and so they were cast out of the priesthood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These sought their writing in the record, and found it not: and they were cast out of the priesthood. |
So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and I found written therein:
And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
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.
if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people; then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.