Nehemiah 7:65
and the governor told them, they must not eat of the most holy things,—until there should stand up a priest, with Lights and Perfections.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
66All the gathered host together, was forty-two thousand, three hundred, and sixty;
Cross References
Leviticus 2:3But, the remainder of the meal-offering, pertaineth unto Aaron and unto his sons,—most holy, from among the altar-flames of Yahweh.
Leviticus 6:17It shall not be baked into anything leavened, as their portion, have I given it, from among the altar-flames of Yahweh,—most holy, it is, like the sin-bearer, and like the guilt-bearer,
Leviticus 10:17Wherefore did ye not eat the sin-bearer in the holy place? for most, holy, it is,—and thee same, hath he given you that ye may bear the iniquity of the assembly, to put a propitiatory-covering over them before Yahweh.
Numbers 27:21And, before Eleazar the priest, shall he stand, and shall ask by him for the decision of the Lights, before Yahweh,—at the bidding thereof, shall they go out, and at the bidding thereof, shall they come in—he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the assembly.
Ezra 2:63and the governor told them, that they must not eat of the most holy things,—until there should stand up a priest, with Lights and Perfections.
Nehemiah 10:1Now, upon the sealed writings, were,—Nehemiah the governor, 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 →