N E H E M I A H CHAP. VII. The success of one good design for God and our generation should encourage us to proceed and form some other; Nehemiah did so, having fortified Jerusalem with gates and walls, his next care is, I. To see the city well…
KJVThese sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
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4 additional translationsThese sought their registeramongthose that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,
These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.
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Old TestamentNehemiah — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).