Parallel Verses

NET Bible

They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.

New American Standard Bible

These searched among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.

King James Version

These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

Holman Bible

These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

International Standard Version

These people searched for their ancestral records, but they couldn't be located. Accordingly, they were considered disqualified from the priesthood.

A Conservative Version

These sought their registration [among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found. Therefore they were deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

American Standard Version

These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

Amplified

These men searched for their ancestral registration among those recorded in the genealogies, but it was not located; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean.

Bible in Basic English

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen, so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

Darby Translation

These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.

Julia Smith Translation

These sought their writing of those being enrolled, and it was not found: and they will be defiled from the priesthood.

King James 2000

These sought their registration among those that were enrolled by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as defiled, put from the priesthood.

Lexham Expanded Bible

These sought their record among those enrolled in the genealogy, but it was not found there, so they were excluded as unclean from the priesthood.

Modern King James verseion

These sought their register among those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found. Therefore they were put out, as defiled from the priesthood.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

These sought the register of their generation, and when they found it not, they were put from the priesthood.

New Heart English Bible

These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn't find them. Therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

The Emphasized Bible

These, sought their writing wherein they were registered, but it was not found, - so they were desecrated out of the priesthood;

Webster

These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

World English Bible

These sought their register [among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

Youngs Literal Translation

These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּתב 
Kathab 
Usage: 17

but it was not found
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

גּאל 
Ga'al 
Usage: 11

Context Readings

Lists Of The Exiles Who Returned

63 And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name). 64 They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood. 65 The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

Cross References

Leviticus 4:3

"'If the high priest sins so that the people are guilty, on account of the sin he has committed he must present a flawless young bull to the Lord for a sin offering.

1 Chronicles 9:1

The people of Judah were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

Nehemiah 7:5

My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record:

Nehemiah 13:29

Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.

Matthew 22:11-13

But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

Matthew 25:11-12

Later, the other virgins came too, saying, 'Lord, lord! Let us in!'

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