Nehemiah 7:65 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶⁵ the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should come.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶⁵ The governor told them that they should refrain from eating any of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise [to determine the will of God in the matter].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶⁵ 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.

Common English Bible

⁶⁵ The governor ordered that they shouldn’t eat of the most holy food until a priest arose who could consult Urim and Thummim.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶⁵ And the cupbearer said to them that they should not eat from the Holy of Holies, until a priest would stand up who was learned and skillful.

Nehemiah 7:65 Cross References

Nehemiah 8:9

And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

Exodus 28:30

In the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord; thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the Israelites on his heart before the Lord continually.

Nehemiah 10:1

Upon the sealed document are the names of Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah;

Ezra 2:63

the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until there should be a priest to consult Urim and Thummim.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, “Give to Levi your Thummim and your Urim to your loyal one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah,

Numbers 27:21

But he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the decision of the Urim before the Lord; at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the Israelites with him, the whole congregation.”

Leviticus 6:17

It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings by fire; it is most holy, like the purification offering and the guilt offering.

Leviticus 2:10

And what is left of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 2:3

And what is left of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy part of the offerings by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 8:8

He placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim.

Nehemiah 7:64

These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean;

Nehemiah 7:66

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

Nehemiah 7:70

Now some of the heads of ancestral houses contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priestly robes.