Nehemiah 7:64
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 it was 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 it was 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 it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 7:64 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 4:3If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
- 1 Chronicles 9:1So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
- Nehemiah 7:5Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:
- Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
- Matthew 22:11But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
- Matthew 25:11Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’
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