Ezra 2:61-62

King James Version

⁶¹And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

⁶²These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

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Ezra 2:61-62

New International Version

⁶¹And from among the priests:

The descendants of

Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite^(A) and was called by that name).

⁶²These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood^(B) as unclean.

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Ezra 2:61-62

English Standard Version

⁶¹Also, of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of ^(A)Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name). ⁶²These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and ^(B)so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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Ezra 2:61-62

New American Standard Bible

Priests Removed

⁶¹Of the sons of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of ^(A)Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and he was called by their name. ⁶²These searched among their genealogical registration but they could not be located; ^(B)so they were considered defiled and excluded from the priesthood.

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Ezra 2:61-62

New King James Version

⁶¹and of the sons of the priests: the sons of ^(A)Habaiah, the sons of ^[a]Koz, and the sons of ^(B)Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name. ⁶²These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; ^(C)therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled.