Nehemiah 7:65
in Nehemiah 7The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And 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.
KJV
And 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.
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This verse in Nehemiah 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseOr perhaps one was the account of them when they set out from Babylon with Zerubbabel, the other when they came to Jerusalem. The sum totals are all just the same there and here, except of the singing-men and singing-women, which there are 200, here 245.
This site's exposition
but they could not shew
on Nehemiah 7:61-65
Some families come up unable to produce the proof the register demands: they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel, and three priestly families in the same position sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found. Nehemiah, as Tirshatha, rules them polluted and puts them from the priesthood, barred from the most holy things until a priest should stand up with Urim and Thummim to settle what the paper record could not. The genealogy is not decoration; it is the standard a man's whole office can be lost or kept by.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He appointed the porters, singers, and Levites, in their places to their work. This is meant of their work in general, which was to attend the temple service; it had been neglected in some degree, but now was revived. God's worship is the defence of a place, and his ministers, when they mind their duty, are watchmen on the walls.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙ | hatirshata' | the governor | H8660 → | 5 times |
| לָהֶ֔ם | lahem | to them | ||
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֹאכְל֖וּ | yokhelu | they will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| מִקֹּ֣דֶשׁ | mikodesh | any of [the] holy thing of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים | hakodashim | the holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| עַ֛ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עֲמֹ֥ד | ʾamod | will arise | H5975 → | 521 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֖ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לְאוּרִ֥ים | leurim | to Urim | H224 → | |
| וְתוּמִּֽים׃ | vetumim | and Thummim | H8550 → |
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙the governor
hatirshata'H8660 →5 times
לָהֶ֔םto them
lahem
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יֹאכְל֖וּthey will eat
yokheluH398 →810 times
מִקֹּ֣דֶשׁany of [the] holy thing of
mikodeshH6944 →469 times
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑יםthe holy things
hakodashimH6944 →469 times
עַ֛דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
עֲמֹ֥דwill arise
ʾamodH5975 →521 times
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
לְאוּרִ֥יםto Urim
leurimH224 →
וְתוּמִּֽים׃and Thummim
vetumimH8550 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 28:30And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the…
it leads to
- Numbers 27:21
He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 8:8
Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezra 2:63
The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
- Deuteronomy 33:8
Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
- Numbers 27:21
Through
Deuteronomy 33:8Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
it leads to
- Exodus 28:30
And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 17:7
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
- Exodus 28:30
Through
Nehemiah 8:9Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:12
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
- Nehemiah 7:70
Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
- Deuteronomy 12:12
About Nehemiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.