60 The sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and two and fifty.

61 And of the sons of the Priests, the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of [a]Barzillai: which took of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

62 These sought their writing of the genealogies, but they were not found: therefore were they put from the Priesthood.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 2:61 Of him is made mention, 2 Sam. 17:27 and 19:31, and because the Priest’s office was had in contempt, these would have changed their estate by their name, and so by God’s just judgment lost both the estimation of the world and the dignity of their office.

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