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Ezra 2:61-63
New English Translation
Ezra 2:61-63
New English Translation
61 And from among[a] the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that[b] name). 62 They[c] searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them.[d] They were therefore excluded[e] from the priesthood. 63 The governor[f] instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult[g] the Urim and Thummim.[h]
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- Ezra 2:61 tc The translation reads וּמִן (umin, “and from”) rather than the reading וּמִבְּנֵי (umibbeney, “and from the sons of”) found in the MT.
- Ezra 2:61 tn Heb “their.”
- Ezra 2:62 tn Heb “these.”
- Ezra 2:62 tn Heb “their records were searched for in the genealogical materials, but were not found.” This passive construction has been translated as active for stylistic reasons.
- Ezra 2:62 tn Heb “they were desecrated.”
- Ezra 2:63 tn The Hebrew word תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshataʾ) is an official title of the Persian governor in Judea, perhaps similar in meaning to “excellency” (BDB 1077 s.v.; HALOT 1798 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395).
- Ezra 2:63 tn Heb “to stand.”
- Ezra 2:63 sn The Urim and Thummim were two objects used to determine God’s will; there is no clear evidence of their size or shape, or the material from which they were made.
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