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62 These people searched for their family histories, but they could not find them. Their names were not included in the list of priests. They could not prove that their ancestors were priests, so they could not serve as priests. 63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the holy food until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim to ask God what to do.

64-65 All together, there were 42,360 people in the group who came back. This is not counting their 7337 men and women slaves. They also had 200 men and women singers with them.

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62 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood(A) as unclean. 63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food(B) until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.(C)

64 The whole company numbered 42,360,

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