63 Of the priests: the sons of [a]Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and was named after them. 64 These searched among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood. 65 (A)The [b]governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest arose with (B)Urim and Thummim.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:63 In Ezra 2:61, Habaiah
  2. Nehemiah 7:65 Heb Tirshatha, a Persian title