^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.

This Day Is Holy

⁹ 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.

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.

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,

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.

⁸ And ^(A)of Levi he said,

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.”

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.”

^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.”