62 These searched among their ancestral registration, but they could not be located; (A)therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood. 63 The [a]governor said to them (B)that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest stood up with (C)Urim and Thummim.

64 The whole assembly [b]numbered 42,360,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 2:63 Heb Tirshatha, a Persian title
  2. Ezra 2:64 Lit together was