Nehemiah 7:65
And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by the Urim and Thummim.
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66The number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty;
Cross References
Leviticus 2:3And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord's fire offerings.
Leviticus 6:17\6:24\And the Lord said to Moses,
Leviticus 10:17Why did you not make a meal of the sin-offering in the holy place? For it is most holy and he has given it to you, so that the sin of the people may be put on it, to take away their sin before the Lord.
Numbers 27:21He will take his place before Eleazar the priest, so that he may get directions from the Lord for him, with the Urim: at his word they will go out, and at his word they will come in, he and all the children of Israel.
Ezra 2:63And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.
Nehemiah 10:1Now those who put down their names were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, 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 →