Nehemiah Chapter 7 verse 64 Holy Bible
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.
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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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These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.
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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.
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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.
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These sought their register [among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
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These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThese [men]אֵ֗לֶּה (’êl·leh)Pronoun - common pluralStrong's 428: These, thosesearched forבִּקְשׁ֧וּ (biq·šū)Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 1245: To search out, to strive aftertheir family records,כְתָבָ֛ם (ḵə·ṯā·ḇām)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 3791: Something written, a writing, record, bookbut they could notוְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nofind themנִמְצָ֑א (nim·ṣā)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be presentand so were excludedוַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ (way·ḡō·’ă·lū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1351: To soil, desecratefromמִן־ (min-)PrepositionStrong's 4480: A part of, from, out ofthe priesthood {as unclean}.הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃ (hak·kə·hun·nāh)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 3550: PriesthoodJump to PreviousAncestral Considered Deemed Enrolled Excluded Families Family Found Genealogical Genealogies Genealogy Located Names Nowhere Polluted Priesthood Priests Reckoned Reckoning Record Records Redeemed Register Registration Search Searched Sought Unclean
