New American Standard Bible 2020
Nehemiah 7:64
64These searched among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and disqualified from the priesthood.
Nehemiah 7:64 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- English Standard Version (ESV)These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- New King James Version (NKJV)These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but it was not found; therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled.
Context of Nehemiah 7:64
62the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642. 63And of the priests: the sons of 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. These searched among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and disqualified from the priesthood. 65And the governor said to them that they were not to eat from the most holy things until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim. 66The whole assembly together totaled 42,360,
Read all of Nehemiah 7Nehemiah 7:64 word by word
אֵ֗לֶּה בִּקְשׁ֧וּ כְתָבָ֛ם הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖ים וְלֹ֣א נִמְצָ֑א וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ מִן־הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
- Theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
- searchedבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
- their ancestralיָחַשׂyâchaώ · to enrollH3187
- registrationכְּתָבkâthâb · writingH3791
- but it could not be locatedמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- therefore they were considered uncleanגָּאַלgâ'al · to defileH1351
- from the priesthoodכְּהֻנָּהkehûnnâh · priesthoodH3550
Cross-references for Nehemiah 7:64
- Matthew 22:11“But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,
- Nehemiah 7:5Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the other people to be enrolled by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first, in which I found the following record:
- 1 Chronicles 9:1So all Israel was enrolled in genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile to Babylon for their infidelity.
- Matthew 25:11Yet later, the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’
- Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
- Leviticus 4:3if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then he is to offer to the Lord a bull without defect as a sin offering for his sin which he has committed.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 7:64
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-73Verses 5-73 Nehemiah knew that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every good gift and every good work are from above. God gives knowledge, he gives grace; all is of him, and therefore all must be to him. What is done by human prudence, must be ascribed to the direction of Divine Providence. But woe to those who turn back from the Lord, loving this present world! and happy those who dedicate themselves…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-7339. The priests--It appears that only four of the courses of the priests returned from the captivity; and that the course of Abia (Lu 1:5) is not in the list. But it must be noticed that these four courses were afterwards divided into twenty-four, which retained the names of the original courses which David appointed.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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