Ezra 2:62-67
Good News Translation
61-62 The following priestly clans could find no record to prove their ancestry: Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai. (The ancestor of the priestly clan of Barzillai had married a woman from the clan of Barzillai of Gilead and had taken the name of his father-in-law's clan.) Since they were unable to prove who their ancestors were, they were not accepted as priests. 63 (A)The Jewish governor told them that they could not eat the food offered to God until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim.[a]
- 64-67 Total number of exiles who returned - 42,360
- Their male and female servants - 7,337
- Male and female musicians - 200
- Horses - 736
- Mules - 245
- Camels - 435
- Donkeys - 6,720
Footnotes
- Ezra 2:63 Two objects used by the priest to determine God's will; it is not known precisely how they were used.
Ezra 2:62-64
New International Version
62 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood(A) as unclean. 63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food(B) until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.(C)
64 The whole company numbered 42,360,
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