Ezra 2:62

They searched for their genealogical records, but could not find them, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

In Context

61Also, from the priest's descendants: the descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who took his wife from the daughters of Barzillai of Gilead and was called by their name).

63So the governor told them they must not eat any of the holy sacrifices until a priest with Urim and Thummim approved.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:10You must appoint Aaron and his sons as priests, but any foreigner who comes near must be put to death.”

Numbers 17:5It will happen that the staff of the man whom I choose will bud. I will cause the complaints from the people of Israel to stop, which they are speaking against you.”

Ezekiel 44:10Yet the Levites went far from me—they wandered away from me, going after their idols—but they will pay for their sin.

Matthew Henry on Ezra 2:37-64

36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. 40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. 41 The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight. 42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the… Read the whole commentary →

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