Nehemiah 7 · Verse 65

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 7:65, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:65 in other translations

BSBThe governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
WEBThe governor told them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to minister with Urim and Thummim.
ASVAnd the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
YLTand the Tirshatha saith to them that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of the priest with Urim and Thummim.
DARBYAnd the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up the priest with Urim and Thummim.
BBEAnd the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by the Urim and Thummim.
WebsterAnd the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there should stand up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

What does Nehemiah 7:65 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…

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Nehemiah 7:65 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙ha.tir.Sha.ta'the governorH8660
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemto them
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherthatH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יֹאכְל֖וּyo.khe.Luthey will eatH398
מִקֹּ֣דֶשׁmi.Ko.deshany of [the] holy thing ofH6944
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑יםha.ko.da.Shimthe holy thingsH6944
עַ֛ד'aduntilH5704
עֲמֹ֥ד'a.Modwill ariseH5975
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
לְאוּרִ֥יםle.'u.Rimto UrimH224
וְתוּמִּֽים\׃ve.tu.Mimand ThummimH8550

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Cross references for Nehemiah 7:65

  • Nehemiah 8:9

    And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

  • Exodus 28:30

    And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.

  • Ezra 2:63

    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 with Thummim.

  • Deuteronomy 33:8

    And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

  • Nehemiah 10:1

    Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

  • Numbers 27:21

    And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

  • Leviticus 6:17

    It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.

  • Leviticus 2:10

    And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.

  • Leviticus 2:3

    And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.

  • Leviticus 7:19-20

    And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Leviticus 10:17-18

    Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord? Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

  • Leviticus 21:21-23

    No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Tirshatha. or, the governor.
8:9; 10:1; Ezr 2:63
that they should.
Le 2:3,10; 6:17; 7:19,20; 10:17,18; 21:21-23
till there.
Ex 28:30; Nu 27:21; De 33:8

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Context

  • 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 7:66

    The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

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Nehemiah 7:65 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y díjoles el Tirsatha que no comiesen de las cosas más santas, hasta que hubiese sacerdote con Urim y Thummim.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le Thirshatha leur dit qu’ils ne devaient point manger des choses très saintes, jusqu’à ce que soit suscité le sacrificateur avec les urim et les thummim.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Tirsatha sprach zu ihnen, daß sie von dem Hochheiligen nicht essen dürften, bis ein Priester für die Urim und die Thummim aufstände.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixitque Athersatha eis ut non manducarent de Sanctis sanctorum, donec staret sacerdos doctus et eruditus.