Ezra 2:62
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.”
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“These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“These sought their registeramongthose that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“these have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and they have not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezra 2:62 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 21:21No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
- Numbers 3:10So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
- Numbers 16:39So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,
- Numbers 17:5The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
- Numbers 18:7But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
- Ezekiel 44:10Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
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