Context 64These searched among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood. 65The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim. Total of People and Gifts 66The whole assembly together was 42,360, 67besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers. 68Their horses were 736; their mules, 245; 69their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720. 70Some from among the heads of fathers households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 basins, 530 priests garments. 71Some of the heads of fathers households gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas. 72That which the rest of the people gave was 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,000 silver minas and 67 priests garments. 73Now the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants and all Israel, lived in their cities. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionThese sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. Douay-Rheims Bible These sought their writing in the re- cord, and found it not: and they were cast out of the priesthood. Darby Bible Translation These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood. English Revised Version These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. Webster's Bible Translation These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. World English Bible These sought their register [among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. Young's Literal Translation These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood, Library "Take My Yoke Upon You, and Learn of Me," &C. Matt. xi. 20.--"Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me," &c. Self love is generally esteemed infamous and contemptible among men. It is of a bad report every where, and indeed as it is taken commonly, there is good reason for it, that it should be hissed out of all societies, if reproaching and speaking evil of it would do it. But to speak the truth, the name is not so fit to express the thing, for that which men call self love, may rather be called self hatred. Nothing is more pernicious to a man's … Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah The Strait Gate; Influences that Gave Rise to the Priestly Laws and Histories Ezra-Nehemiah Links Nehemiah 7:64 NIV • Nehemiah 7:64 NLT • Nehemiah 7:64 ESV • Nehemiah 7:64 NASB • Nehemiah 7:64 KJV • Nehemiah 7:64 Bible Apps • Nehemiah 7:64 Parallel • Bible Hub |