Nehemiah 7:64

These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore were they deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.

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WEBBE

These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.

BSB

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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.

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.

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אֵלֶּה 'e·leh these H428 בִּקְשׁוּ bik·shu they sought H1245 כְתָבָם khe·ta·vam document their H3791 הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂים ha·mit·yach·sim who had had themselves enrolled H3187 וְלֹא ve·lo' and not H3808 נִמְצָא nim·tza' it was found H4672 וַיְגֹאֲלוּ vay·go·'a·lu and they were defiled H1351 מִן־ min- from H4480 הַכְּהֻנָּה ha·ke·hu·nah the priesthood H3550

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 those who dedicate themselves, and their substance, to his service and glory!

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