Ezra 2:63 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶³ 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 with Thummim.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶³ [Zerubbabel] the governor told them they should not eat of the most holy things [the priests' food] until there should be a priest with Urim and Thummim [who by consulting these articles in his breastplate could know God's will in the matter].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶³ 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 with Thummim.

Common English Bible

⁶³ The governor ordered them not to eat of the most holy food until a priest arose who could consult Urim and Thummim.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶³ And the cupbearer said to them that they should not eat from the Holy of Holies, until there would arise a priest, learned and perfect.

Ezra 2:63 Cross References

Ezra 2:64

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

Nehemiah 10:1

Those who set their seal are Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah,

Nehemiah 10:2

Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Nehemiah 7:65

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

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

And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord; thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.

Leviticus 2:10

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

Leviticus 22:10

“An outsider shall not eat of a holy thing. A sojourner of the priest's or a hired servant shall not eat of a holy thing;

Leviticus 22:13

But if a priest's daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and returns to her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food; yet no outsider shall eat of it.

Leviticus 6:17

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

Leviticus 6:29

Every male among the priests may eat of it; it is most holy.

Leviticus 7:16

But if the sacrifice of his offering is a votive offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the morrow what remains of it shall be eaten,

Leviticus 8:8

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

Numbers 18:19

All the holy offerings which the people of Israel present to the Lord I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due; it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord for you and for your offspring with you.”

Numbers 18:32

And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have offered the best of it. And you shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, lest you die.’ ”

Numbers 27:21

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment 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 people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.”

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, “Give to Levi thy Thummim, and thy Urim to thy godly one, whom thou didst test at Massah, with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

1 Samuel 28:6

And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.