Nehemiah 7:64-66

Expanded Bible

⁶⁴ These people searched ·for [in] their ·family [genealogical] records, but they could not find ·them [themselves there]. So they ·could not be priests [were excluded/disqualified from the priesthood], because they were ·thought to be unclean [^Ldesecrated]. ⁶⁵ The governor ordered them not to eat any of the ·holy [sacred; ^Lmost holy; Lev. 2:3; 7:21–36] food until a priest settled this matter by using the Urim and Thummim [^Csacred lots used to determine God’s will; Ex. 28:30].

⁶⁶ The total ·number of those who returned was [assembly/group numbered] 42,360.