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61 And from the descendants[a] of the priests: the descendants[b] of Habaiah, the descendants[c] of Hakkoz, and the descendants[d] of Barzillai (who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name). 62 These sought their record in the genealogy records, but they were not found, and were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.[e] 63 The governor said to them that they could not eat from the holy food of the sanctuary[f] until there was present a priest for the Urim and Thummim.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 2:61 Or “sons”
  2. Ezra 2:61 Or “sons”
  3. Ezra 2:61 Or “sons”
  4. Ezra 2:61 Or “sons”
  5. Ezra 2:62 Literally “they were unclean from the priesthood”
  6. Ezra 2:63 Or “most holy things”