Ezra 2:63

Easy To Read Version

The governor ordered these people not to eat any of the holy food. They could not eat any of this food until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim {\cf2\super [7]} to ask God what to do.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:1

These are the names on the sealed agreement: Nehemiah the governor. Nehemiah was the son of Hacaliah. Zedekiah,

Nehemiah 10:2

Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Nehemiah 7:65

The governor ordered these people not eat any of the most holy food. They could not eat any of this food until the \{high\} priest could use the Urim and Thummim {\cf2\super [35]} to ask God what to do.

Nehemiah 8:9

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher, and the men from the Levites that were teaching the people spoke. They said, “Today is a special day {\cf2\super [44]} to the Lord your God. Don’t be sad and cry.” They said that because all the people had begun to cry as they were listening to the messages of God in the Law.

Exodus 28:30

Put the Urim and Thummim [254] inside the Judgment Pouch. They will be over Aaron’s heart when he goes before the Lord. So Aaron will always carry with him a way of judging the people of Israel when he is before the Lord.

Leviticus 2:10

The grain offering that is left will belong to Aaron and his sons. This offering made by fire to the Lord is very holy.

Leviticus 2:3

The grain offering that is left will belong to Aaron and his sons. This offering made by fire to the Lord is very holy.

Leviticus 22:10

Only people from a priest’s family can eat the holy food. A visitor staying with the priest or a hired worker must not eat any of the holy food.

Leviticus 22:13

A priest’s daughter might become a widow, [393] or she might become divorced. If she does not have any children {to support her} and she goes back to her father’s house {where she lived} as a child, then she can eat some of her father’s food. But only people from a priest’s family can eat this food.

Leviticus 6:17

The grain offering must not be cooked with yeast. I have given it as the priests’ share of the offerings made to me by fire. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.

Leviticus 6:29

“Any man in a priest’s family may eat the sin offering. It is very holy.

Leviticus 7:16

“A person might bring a fellowship offering just because he wants to give a gift to God. Or maybe a person made a special promise to God. If this is true, then the sacrifice [75] must be eaten the same day he offers it. If there is any left, then it must be eaten that next day.

Leviticus 8:8

Moses put the Judgment Pouch [86] on Aaron. Then he put the Urim and Thummim [87] in {the pocket of} the Judgment Pouch.

Numbers 18:19

Anything that the people offer as holy gifts, I, the Lord, give to you. This is your share. I give it to you and your sons and your daughters. This law will continue forever. It is an agreement with the Lord that can’t be broken. [245] I make this promise to you and to your descendants. [246] ”

Numbers 18:32

And if you always give the best part of it to the Lord, then you will never be guilty. You will always remember that those gifts are the holy [250] offerings from the people of Israel. And you will not die.”

Numbers 27:21

If Joshua needs to make a decision, then he will go to Eleazar the priest. Eleazar will use the Urim [325] to learn the Lord’s answer. Then Joshua and all the people of Israel will do the things God says. If he says, ‘go to war,’ then they will go to war. And if he says, ‘go home,’ then they will go home.”

Deuteronomy 33:8

Moses said these things about Levi:

1 Samuel 28:6

Saul prayed to the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him. God did not talk to Saul in dreams. God did not use the Urim [208] to give him an answer. And God did not use prophets to speak to Saul.