Ezra 2:62

In 11 translations

BSB

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

KJV

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

WEB

These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.

ASV

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.

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

These sought the writing of their genealogy, and found it not, and they were cast out of the priesthood.

GNV

These sought their writing of the genealogies, but they were not founde: therefore were they put from the Priesthood.

JPS

These sought their register, that is, the genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

LXXE

These sought their genealogy as though they had been reckoned, but they were not found; and they were removed, as polluted, from the priesthood.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֵ֗לֶּה בִּקְשׁ֧וּ כְתָבָ֛ם הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖ים וְלֹ֣א נִמְצָ֑אוּ וַֽיְגֹאֲל֖וּ מִן־הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Οὗτοι ἐζήτησαν γραφὴν αὐτῶν οἱ μεθωεσὶμ, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθησαν, καὶ ἠγχιστεύθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἱερατείας.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Numbers 3:10So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
• Numbers 16:39–40So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar, just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the…
• Leviticus 21:21–23No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God. He may eat the most holy…
• Numbers 18:7But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but…
• Ezekiel 44:10–14Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity. Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having…

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