Ezra 2:59

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:”

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BSBPD

“The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And these were they which went up from Tel–melah, Tel–harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, andImmer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And these <FI>are<Fi> those going up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsa, Cherub, Addan, Immer, and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they <FI>are<Fi> of Israel:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezra 2:59 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 31:17and to the priests enrolled according to their families in the genealogy, as well as to the Levites twenty years of age or older, according to their duties and divisions.
  2. Nehemiah 7:61The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

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