64 These sought their writing of the genealogies, but it was not found: therefore they were put from the Priesthood.

65 And [a]the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy, till there rose up a Priest with (A)Urim and Thummim.

66 All the Congregation together was two and forty thousand, three hundred and threescore,

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:65 Meaning, Nehemiah: for Tirshatha in the Chaldean tongue signifieth a butler.

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