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 7:64 - Tree of Life Version These sought their names in the genealogies, but were not found; so they were disqualified 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 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.
O my God, please remember them for the defilement of the priesthood as well as the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
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:
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.)
The governor said to them that they should not eat any of the most holy things until a kohen arose with Urim and Thummim .
—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.