1 Esdras 5:38-40

Common English Bible

³⁸ Also from the priests, the following persons had assumed the priestly office but were found to be unqualified: the family of Habaiah, the family of Hakkoz, and the family of Jaddus, who had married Agia, one of the daughters of Barzillai, and was called by his name. ³⁹ When they inspected the registry and didn’t find the lineage of these men, they excluded them from the service of the priesthood. ⁴⁰ Nehemiah and Attharias told them not to share in the holy things until a high priest arrives wearing Clarity and Truth.^[a]