Nehemiah 7:64
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.
Nehemiah 7:64 in other translations
| BSB | 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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| WEB | These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood. |
| ASV | These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. |
| YLT | These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood, |
| DARBY | These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood. |
| BBE | They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen, so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Nehemiah 7:64 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 7:5-73
Nehemiah knew that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every good gift and every good work are from above. God gives knowledge, he gives grace; all is of him, and therefore all must be to him. What is done by human prudence, must be ascribed to the direction of Divine Providence. But woe to those who turn back from the Lord, loving this present world! and happy…
Nehemiah 7:64 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 7:64
- 1 Chronicles 9:1
So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
- Nehemiah 7:5
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
- Nehemiah 13:29
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
- Matthew 22:11-13
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Context
- Nehemiah 7:63
And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
- Nehemiah 7:64
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.
- Nehemiah 7:65
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
Nehemiah 7:64 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Estos buscaron su registro de genealogías, y no se halló; y fueron echados del sacerdocio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ceux-ci cherchèrent leur inscription généalogique, mais elle ne se trouva pas; et ils furent exclus, comme profanes, de la sacrificature. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Diese suchten ihr Geschlechtsregisterverzeichnis, aber es wurde nicht gefunden; und sie wurden von dem Priestertum als unrein ausgeschlossen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hi quæsierunt scripturam suam in censu, et non invenerunt: et ejecti sunt de sacerdotio. |