65The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.


In Context

62 the descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 642

63 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).

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

65 The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

66 The whole company numbered 42,360,

67 besides their 7,337 menservants and maidservants; and they also had 245 men and women singers.

Nehemiah 7:65 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:65And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood [up] a priest with Urim and Thummim.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:65And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holies of holies, until there stood up a priest learned and skilful.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:65And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:65And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up the priest with Urim and Thummim.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:65And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:65And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there should stand up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:65The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:65and the Tirshatha saith to them that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of the priest with Urim and Thummim.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:65And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.