Nehemiah 7:64

Conservative English Version

(SEE 7:63)

Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:1

Everyone in Israel was listed in the official family records that were included in the history of Israel's kings. The people of Judah were taken to Babylonia as prisoners because they sinned against the LORD.

Nehemiah 13:29

I pray that God will punish them for breaking their priestly vows and disgracing the Levi tribe.

Nehemiah 7:5

So God gave me the idea to bring together the people, their leaders, and officials and to check the family records of those who had returned from captivity in Babylonia, after having been taken there by King Nebuchadnezzar. About this same time, I found records of those who had been the first to return to Jerusalem from Babylon Province. By reading these records, I learned that they settled in their own hometowns,

Nehemiah 7:63

The families of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai could not prove they were priests. The ancestor of the family of Barzillai had married the daughter of Barzillai from Gilead and had taken his wife's family name. But the records of these three families could not be found, and none of them were allowed to serve as priests.

Nehemiah 7:65

In fact, the governor told them, "You cannot eat the food offered to God until he lets us know if you really are priests."

Leviticus 4:3

When the high priest sins, he makes everyone else guilty too. And so, he must sacrifice a young bull that has nothing wrong with it.