The entire multitude joined together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
Ezra 2:63 - Catholic Public Domain Version And the cupbearer said to them that they should not eat from the Holy of Holies, until there would arise a priest, learned and perfect. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Zerubbabel] the governor told them they should not eat of the most holy things [the priests' food] until there should be a priest with Urim and Thummim [who by consulting these articles in his breastplate could know God's will in the matter]. American Standard Version (1901) And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. Common English Bible The governor ordered them not to eat of the most holy food until a priest arose who could consult Urim and Thummim. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holy of holies, till there arose a priest learned and perfect. English Standard Version 2016 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. |
The entire multitude joined together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
And the signatories were: Nehemiah, the cupbearer, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
And the cupbearer said to them that they should not eat from the Holy of Holies, until a priest would stand up who was learned and skillful.
Then Nehemiah (the same is the cupbearer) and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites, who were interpreting for all the people, said: "This day has been sanctified to the Lord our God. Do not mourn, and do not weep." For all of the people were weeping, as they were listening to the words of the law.
Then you shall place in the breastplate of judgment, Doctrine and Truth, which shall then be upon Aaron's chest, when he enters before the Lord. And he shall wear the judgment of the sons of Israel on his chest, in the sight of the Lord always.
But whatever is left shall be for Aaron and his sons, the Holy of holies from the oblations of the Lord.
Then what will remain of the sacrifice shall be for Aaron and his sons, the Holy of holies from the oblations of the Lord.
No foreigner shall eat from what has been sanctified; a guest of the priests and a hired servant shall not eat from them.
But if she is a widow or divorced, and, being without children, she returns to her father's house, she shall be nourished by her father's foods, just as she was accustomed to do as a girl. No foreigner shall have the authority to eat from them.
Yet for this reason, it shall not be leavened, because part of it is offered as an incense of the Lord. The Holy of holies shall it be, just as what is offered on behalf of sin and of transgression.
Every male of priestly descent shall feed on its flesh, because it is the Holy of holies.
If anyone, by a vow or of his own accord, will have offered a sacrifice, it shall be eaten in a similar manner on the same day. But then if any of it will have remained until tomorrow, it is lawful to eat it.
And tying it to the belt, he fitted it to the breastplate, on which was Doctrine and Truth.
All the first-fruits of the Sanctuary, which the sons of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons as well as to your daughters, as a perpetual right. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the Lord, for you and for your sons."
And you shall not sin in this way: by reserving the excellent and fat things for yourselves, lest you pollute the oblations of the sons of Israel, and lest you die."
On his behalf, if anything is to be done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord. He, and all the sons of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude, shall go out and enter in at his word."
Likewise, to Levi he said: "Your perfection and your doctrine are for your holy man, whom you have proven by temptation, and whom you have judged at the Waters of Contradiction.
And he consulted the Lord. But he did not respond to him, neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.