Nehemiah 7:64

The Scriptures 2009

These sought their register among those who were counted by genealogy, but it was not found, so they were barred from the priesthood as defiled.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:1

And all Yisra’ĕl registered themselves by genealogy. And see, they were written in the book of the sovereigns of Yisra’ĕl. And Yehuḏah was exiled to Baḇel for their trespass.

Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, O my Elohim, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Lĕwites.

Nehemiah 7:5

And my Elohim put it into my heart to gather the nobles, and the deputy rulers, and the people, in order to be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up at the beginning, and I found written in it:

Nehemiah 7:63

And of the priests: sons of Ḥaḇayah, sons of Qots, sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gil‛aḏite, and was called by their name.

Nehemiah 7:65

And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most set-apart gifts until a priest stood up with the Urim and Tummim.

Leviticus 4:3

‘If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then he shall bring to יהוה for his sin which he has sinned a young bull, a perfect one, as a sin offering,