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Ezra 2:61-63
Names of God Bible
Ezra 2:61-63
Names of God Bible
61 These descendants of the priests couldn’t prove their families were Israelites: the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai from Gilead and took that family name). 62 These people searched for their family names in the genealogical records, but their names couldn’t be found there. For this reason they were considered contaminated and couldn’t be priests. 63 The governor told them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest could use the Urim and Thummim[a] to settle the problem.
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- Ezra 2:63 The Urim and Thummim were used by the chief priest to determine God’s answer to questions.
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