So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
Nehemiah 7:64 - King James Version - American Edition These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These sought their registration among those recorded in the genealogies, but it was not found; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean. American Standard Version (1901) These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. Common English Bible looked for their entries in the genealogical records, but they weren’t found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. Catholic Public Domain Version These sought their writing in the census, and they did not find it, and so they were cast out of the priesthood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These sought their writing in the record, and found it not: and they were cast out of the priesthood. |
So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
And of the priests: the children of Habai´ah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzil´lai, which took one of the daughters of Barzil´lai the Gil´e-adite to wife, and was called after their name.
And the Tirsha´tha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
if the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering.