Nehemiah 7:65
And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
66The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
Cross References
Leviticus 2:3And that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is a thing most holy of the offerings of LORD made by fire.
Leviticus 6:17It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire, it is most holy, as the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering.
Leviticus 10:17Why have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before LORD?
Numbers 27:21And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before LORD. At his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even
Ezra 2:63And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
Nehemiah 10:1Now those who sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 7:6-73
The Register of the Captives. ( b. c. 445.) 5 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, 6 These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his… Read the whole commentary →