63The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.


In Context

60 The descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652

61 And from among the priests: The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

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

63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

64 The whole company numbered 42,360,

65 besides their 7,337 menservants and maidservants; and they also had 200 men and women singers.

Ezra 2:63 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:63And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:63And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holy of holies, till there arose a priest learned and perfect.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:63And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:63And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:63And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:63And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:63The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:63and the Tirshatha saith to them, that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:63And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.