Nehemiah 7:64

Tree of Life Version

These sought their names in the genealogies, but were not found; so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:1

So all Israel were registered by genealogies—behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

Nehemiah 13:29

O my God, please remember them for the defilement of the priesthood as well as the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

Nehemiah 7:5

So my God put into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the scroll of the genealogical record of those who formerly returned. I found the following written there:

Nehemiah 7:63

Also of the kohanim: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai. (Their ancestor took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and subsequently was called by their name.)

Nehemiah 7:65

The governor said to them that they should not eat any of the most holy things until a kohen arose with Urim and Thummim .

Leviticus 4:3

—or if the anointed kohen sins so as to bring guilt on the people—then let him offer for his sin which he has committed, a young bull without blemish to Adonai for a sin offering.