The governorsaidto them that they should not eatfrom the mostholythingsuntila priestarosewith Urimand Thummim.
The governorsaidto them that they should not eatfrom the mostholythingsuntila prieststoodup with Urimand Thummim.
Now on the sealeddocument [were the names of]: Nehemiahthe governor,the sonof Hacaliah,and Zedekiah,
Thesesearched[among] their ancestralregistration,but it could not be located;therefore they were considered unclean[and excluded] from the priesthood.
The wholeassemblytogether[was] 42,360,
Somefrom among the headsof fathers'[households] gaveto the work.The governorgaveto the treasury1000golddrachmas,50basins,530priests'garments.
Then Nehemiah,whowas the governor,and Ezrathe priest[and] scribe,and the Leviteswho taughtthe peoplesaidto allthe people,"Thisdayis holyto the LORDyour God;do not mournor weep."For allthe peoplewere weepingwhen they heardthe wordsof the law.
"You shall putin the breastpieceof judgmentthe Urimand the Thummim,and they shall be overAaron'sheartwhen he goesin beforethe LORD;and Aaronshall carrythe judgmentof the sonsof Israeloverhis heartbeforethe LORDcontinually.
The remainderof the grain offeringbelongs to Aaronand his sons:a thingmostholyof the offeringsto the LORDby fire.
The remainderof the grain offeringbelongs to Aaronand his sons:a thingmostholy,of the offeringsto the LORDby fire.
It shall not be bakedwith leaven.I have givenit as their sharefrom My offeringsby fire;it is mostholy,like the sinofferingand the guiltoffering.
He then placedthe breastpieceon him, and in the breastpiecehe putthe Urimand the Thummim.
"Moreover, he shall standbeforeEleazarthe priest,who shall inquirefor him by the judgmentof the Urimbeforethe LORD.At his commandthey shall goout and at his commandthey shall comein, [both] he and the sonsof Israelwith him, even allthe congregation."
Of Levihe said,"[Let] Your Thummimand Your Urim[belong] to Your godlyman,WhomYou provedat Massah,With whom You contendedat the watersof Meribah;
