Nehemiah 7:64

New English Translation

They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:1

Genealogical records were kept for all Israel; they are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel. The people of Judah were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

Nehemiah 13:29

Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.

Nehemiah 7:5

My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record:

Nehemiah 7:63

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

Nehemiah 7:65

The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

Leviticus 4:3

“‘If the high priest sins so that the people are guilty, on account of the sin he has committed he must present a flawless young bull to the Lord for a sin offering.