65 (A)The (B)governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise.

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65 The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.(A)

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This Day Is Holy

And Nehemiah, who was (A)the governor, and Ezra (B)the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, (C)“This day is holy to the Lord your God; (D)do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.

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Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites(A) who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.”(B) For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.

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30 And in the breastpiece of judgment (A)you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly.

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30 Also put the Urim and the Thummim(A) in the breastpiece, so they may be over Aaron’s heart whenever he enters the presence of the Lord. Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the Lord.

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The People Who Sealed the Covenant

10 [a] (A)“On the seals are the names of[b] Nehemiah (B)the governor, (C)the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah,

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 10:1 Ch 10:2 in Hebrew
  2. Nehemiah 10:1 Hebrew lacks the names of

10 [a]Those who sealed it were:

Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hakaliah.

Zedekiah,

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 10:1 In Hebrew texts 10:1-39 is numbered 10:2-40.

63 The (A)governor told them that they were not (B)to partake of the most holy food, until there should be a priest to consult (C)Urim and Thummim.

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63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food(A) until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.(B)

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And (A)of Levi he said,

“Give to Levi[a] (B)your Thummim,
    and your Urim to your godly one,
(C)whom you tested at Massah,
    with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;

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  1. Deuteronomy 33:8 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks Give to Levi

About Levi(A) he said:

“Your Thummim and Urim(B) belong
    to your faithful servant.(C)
You tested(D) him at Massah;
    you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.(E)

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21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him (A)by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.”

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21 He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring(A) of the Urim(B) before the Lord. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.”

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21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to (A)offer the Lord's food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God. 22 He may eat the bread of his God, both of (B)the most holy and of the (C)holy things, 23 but he shall not go through the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not (D)profane my sanctuaries,[a] (E)for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.”

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  1. Leviticus 21:23 Or my holy precincts

21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect(A) is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord.(B) He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.(C) 22 He may eat the most holy food of his God,(D) as well as the holy food; 23 yet because of his defect,(E) he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary.(F) I am the Lord, who makes them holy.(G)’”

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17 (A)“Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since (B)it is a thing most holy and has been given to you that you may bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord? 18 Behold, (C)its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary. You certainly ought to have eaten it in the sanctuary, (D)as I commanded.”

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17 “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering(A) in the sanctuary area? It is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt(B) of the community by making atonement for them before the Lord. 18 Since its blood was not taken into the Holy Place,(C) you should have eaten the goat in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.(D)

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19 “Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh, 20 but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the Lord's peace offerings (A)while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people.

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19 “‘Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned up. As for other meat, anyone ceremonially clean may eat it. 20 But if anyone who is unclean(A) eats any meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people.(B)

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17 (A)It shall not be baked with leaven. (B)I have given it as their portion of my food offerings. (C)It is a thing most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.

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17 It must not be baked with yeast; I have given it as their share(A) of the food offerings presented to me.(B) Like the sin offering[a] and the guilt offering, it is most holy.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 6:17 Or purification offering; also in verses 25 and 30

10 But the (A)rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; (B)it is a most holy part of the Lord's food offerings.

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10 The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons;(A) it is a most holy part of the food offerings presented to the Lord.(B)

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But the (A)rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; (B)it is a most holy part of the Lord's food offerings.

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The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons;(A) it is a most holy(B) part of the food offerings presented to the Lord.

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