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Ezra 2:62

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

61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

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BSB
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
KJV
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
WEB
These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
ASV
These sought their register [among] those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
DARBY
These sought their genealogical register, but they were not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.
BLB
These sought their record among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and they were not found, and they were defiled from the priesthood.
ÅB
Disse lette etter sine slektslister, men de fantes ingensteds oppskrevet; de ble da utelukket fra prestedømmet som uverdige dertil,
OTB
De lette etter sine slektsregistre, men kunne ikke finne dem, og ble derfor utelukket fra presteskapet som urene.
B1930
Disse lette efter sine ættelister, men de fantes ingensteds opskrevet; de blev da utelukket fra prestedømmet som uverdige dertil,

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  • Numbers 3:10

    And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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  • Numbers 16:39–40

    And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:

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  • Leviticus 21:21–23

    No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

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  • Numbers 18:7

    Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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  • Ezekiel 44:10–14

    And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

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