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.
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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.
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.
These ones sought their record among the ones who were enrolled by genealogy, but it was not found. And they were desecrated from the priesthood.
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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.
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
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.
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.
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.
These sought their writing of the genealogies, but it was not founde: therefore they were put from the Priesthood.
These sought their writing in the re- cord, and found it not: and they were cast out of the priesthood.
These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,
These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it has not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,
These sought their records among those enrolled by their genealogy, but they could not be found, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
These ones sought their record among the ones who were enrolled by genealogy, but it was not found. And they were desecrated from the priesthood.
These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.
These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
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.
They searched for a record of them in the genealogies, but their names weren't found, so they were barred from serving as priests.
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.
These sought their register, that is, the genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
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The rarest word here is וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ to defile H1351 — appearing just 11 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
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וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ to defile H1351 occurs in 9 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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אֵ֗לֶּה בִּקְשׁ֧וּ כְתָבָ֛ם הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖ים וְלֹ֣א נִמְצָ֑א וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ מִן הַכְּהֻנָּֽה
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.
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The Septuagint has no separate book of Nehemiah. Its Greek text is the second half of Esdras B (2 Esdras), chapters 11–23; Ezra is the first half (1–10).
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Nehemiah, in the Historical, opens this verse with 9 words (9 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is gâʼal (“to defile”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
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gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
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