Nehemiah 7:64

These sought their writing in the census, and they did not find it, and so they were cast out of the priesthood.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

63and among the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai, a Gileadite, and he was called by their name.

65And 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.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:1And so, all of Israel was numbered. And the sum of them was written in the book of the kings of Israel and of Judah. And they were taken away to Babylon because of their transgression.

Nehemiah 13:29O Lord, my God, remember against those who defile the priesthood and the law of the priests and the Levites!

Matthew 25:11Yet truly, at the very end, the remaining virgins also arrived, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’

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 →

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