Thematic Bible: Tirshatha
Thematic Bible
Tirshatha » A title of persian governors
Some from among the heads of ancestral houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests' garments.
The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn, nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
The 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.