Nehemiah 7:63-65

The Voice

⁶³ Three families claiming to come from priestly families also returned: Hobaiah’s, Hakkoz’s, and Barzillai’s descendants. (Barzillai had married a woman descended from Barzillai of Gilead—he took her name as his own). ⁶⁴ After searching the genealogical records they, too, were unable to find their names, and so they were considered impure and disqualified from serving in the priesthood. ⁶⁵ As the governor appointed by Persia,^[a] I ordered them not to eat any of the sacred food set apart for priests until a priest could be found to consult God on this matter with the sacred stones, Urim and Thummim.