Nehemiah 7:65

English Standard Version 2016

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

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 as 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 on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly.

Nehemiah 10:1

“On the seals are the names of Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, 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 godly one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;

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.”

Leviticus 6:17

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

Leviticus 2:10

But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings.

Leviticus 2:3

But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings.

Leviticus 8:8

And 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 42,360,

Nehemiah 7:70

Now some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests’ garments and 500 minas of silver.