Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

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 with Thummim.

New American Standard Bible

The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim.

King James Version

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 with Thummim.

Holman Bible

The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

International Standard Version

Governor Zerubbabel also ruled that they shouldn't eat anything holy until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim.

A Conservative Version

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

Amplified

The governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things [the priests’ food] until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim [who by consulting these articles in his breastplate could determine God’s will in the matter].

Bible in Basic English

And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.

Darby Translation

And 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.

Julia Smith Translation

And the Tirshatha will say to them, that they shall not eat from the holy of holies till there stood up a priest for Lights and Truth.

King James 2000

And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till a priest could consult with Urim and with Thummim.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The governor said to them that they could not eat from the holy food of the sanctuary until there was present a priest for the Urim and Thummim.

Modern King James verseion

And 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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Hathirsatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy, till there rose up a priest with the light and perfectness.

NET Bible

The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

New Heart English Bible

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.

The Emphasized Bible

and the governor told them, that they must not eat of the most holy things, - until there should stand up a priest, with Lights and Perfections.

Webster

And 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.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

and 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Tirshatha
תּרשׁתא 
Tirshatha' 
Usage: 5

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

of the most
קדשׁ 
Qodesh 
Usage: 470

קדשׁ 
Qodesh 
Usage: 470

a priest
כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

with Urim
אוּרים 
'Uwriym 
Usage: 6

Context Readings

The List Of Returned Exiles

62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. 63 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 with Thummim. 64 The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,



Cross References

Exodus 28:30

And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before Jehovah: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually.

Leviticus 2:3

and that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire.

Leviticus 2:10

And that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire.

Numbers 27:21

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

Leviticus 22:10

There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest's, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

Nehemiah 8:9

And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Leviticus 6:17

It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering.

Leviticus 6:29

Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.

Leviticus 7:16

But if the sacrifice of his oblation be a vow, or a freewill-offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice; and on the morrow that which remaineth of it shall be eaten:

Leviticus 8:8

And he placed the breastplate upon him: and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim.

Leviticus 10:17-18

Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Jehovah?

Leviticus 22:2-3

Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah.

Leviticus 22:14-16

And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing.

Numbers 18:9-11

This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even every meal-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

Numbers 18:19

All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

Numbers 18:32

And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

1 Samuel 28:6

And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

Nehemiah 7:65

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.

Nehemiah 10:1

Now those that sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

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