Ezra 2:62

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

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  • Num 3:10 : 10 But you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to be responsible for their priesthood, and any unauthorized person who approaches it shall be put to death.
  • Num 18:7 : 7 But you and your sons with you are to diligently guard your priestly duties for every aspect of the altar and the area behind the curtain. I have given your priesthood to you as a service of gift. Any unauthorized person who approaches shall be put to death.
  • Ezek 44:10-14 : 10 But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who strayed after their idols, shall bear their punishment. 11 They shall serve as ministers in My sanctuary, responsible for the gates of the temple and ministering in the temple. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they shall stand before them to serve them. 12 Because they served them before their idols and caused the house of Israel to stumble into iniquity, therefore I have lifted My hand against them, declares the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their punishment. 13 They shall not come near Me to serve as priests or to come near any of My holy things or the most holy things; they will bear their shame for the abominations they have committed. 14 I will appoint them as caretakers of the temple to perform all its duties and all that needs to be done within it.
  • Lev 21:21-23 : 21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect may approach to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not approach to offer the food of his God. 22 He may eat the food of his God, both the most holy and the holy, 23 but he must not enter behind the curtain or come near the altar because he has a defect. He must not profane My sanctuary, for I am the LORD who makes them holy.

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  • Neh 7:61-65
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    95%

    61The following are those who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove their family's lineage, nor their ancestry, to confirm if they were from Israel:

    62The descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda: 642.

    63And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and took their name).

    64These searched for their records in the genealogical listings, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

    65The governor told them not to eat the most holy food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

  • Ezra 2:63
    77%

    63The governor instructed them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest could consult the Urim and Thummim.

  • Ezra 2:59-61
    3 verses
    77%

    59These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but could not prove their families or their lineage as being of Israel:

    60the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda—six hundred fifty-two.

    61And from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai—who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and took that name.

  • Neh 13:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood and breaking the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

    30Thus I purified them from everything foreign and assigned duties to the priests and Levites, each to his task.

  • Neh 12:22-23
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    70%

    22The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua were recorded as heads of families, and so were the priests, during the reign of Darius the Persian.

    23The descendants of Levi, the heads of families, were recorded in the book of the annals up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

  • Num 1:47
    70%

    47However, the Levites, by their ancestral tribe, were not included in the census among them.

  • Ezra 10:18
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    18Among the descendants of the priests, the following were found to have married foreign women: From the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers, Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

  • Ezra 9:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1When these things were completed, the officials approached me and said, 'The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples and their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.'

    2They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands. Furthermore, the leaders and officials have been foremost in this unfaithfulness.

  • 1 Chr 9:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1All Israel was registered in genealogies, and behold, they were written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

    2The first inhabitants who lived on their property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the temple servants.

  • 2 Chr 31:17-19
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    69%

    17They also ensured the genealogical enrollment of the priests by their family divisions, and the Levites from twenty years old and older followed their duties according to their assigned divisions.

    18They included the registration of all their dependents—their wives, their sons, and their daughters—throughout the entire congregation, as they sanctified themselves in faithfulness and holiness.

    19For the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the fields surrounding their towns, men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone enlisted in the genealogical records among the Levites.

  • Lam 4:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15“Go away! You are unclean!” people shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” When they fled and wandered, the nations said, “They can stay here no longer.”

    16The LORD Himself has scattered them; He will no longer watch over them. The priests are not honored, and the elders receive no favor.

  • 2 Chr 30:3
    69%

    3They could not celebrate it at the proper time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves, and the people had not gathered in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 13:9
    69%

    9Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of what are not gods.

  • 2 Chr 29:34
    68%

    34But because there were too few priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was completed and the priests had consecrated themselves, for the Levites were more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests.

  • Neh 7:5
    68%

    5Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had returned first, and this is what I discovered written there:

  • Num 2:33
    68%

    33The Levites were not counted among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • 1 Chr 9:10
    68%

    10From the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin.

  • Ezra 8:15
    68%

    15I gathered them at the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed the people and the priests, but I found no Levites there.

  • 2 Chr 29:16
    68%

    16The priests entered the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it. They brought out all the unclean things they found in the temple of the LORD and carried them to the courtyard of the house of the LORD. The Levites then took them and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.

  • Neh 12:26
    68%

    26These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest, the scribe.

  • 1 Chr 24:6
    67%

    6Shemaiah, son of Nethanel, the scribe, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the families of the priests and of the Levites. One family was drawn for Eleazar and another for Ithamar.

  • Neh 12:10
    67%

    10Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim fathered Eliashib, and Eliashib fathered Joiada.

  • Heb 7:13
    67%

    13For the one about whom these things are spoken belongs to a different tribe, one from which no one has ever served at the altar.

  • Neh 12:1-2
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    67%

    1These are the priests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

    2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

  • Mal 2:9
    67%

    9So I have also made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.

  • Ezra 2:3
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    3the descendants of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.

  • Neh 12:7
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    7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

  • Ezek 42:14
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    14When the priests enter, they must not go out from the holy place to the outer court, but they must leave their garments in which they minister there, for they are holy. They shall wear other garments before they come near to the area accessible to the people.

  • Neh 12:30
    67%

    30The priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

  • Ezra 2:37
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    37the descendants of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.

  • Ezra 2:10
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    10the descendants of Bani, six hundred forty-two.

  • 2 Kgs 12:16
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    16No accounting was required from the men who handled the money given to the workers, because they acted with integrity.

  • Neh 7:46
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    46The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, and the descendants of Tabbaoth.

  • Ezek 44:13
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    13They shall not come near Me to serve as priests or to come near any of My holy things or the most holy things; they will bear their shame for the abominations they have committed.

  • Ezra 8:24
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    24Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.