KJV 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 Thummim.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Nehemiah 7:65
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 Thummim.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
WEB 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 Thummim.
ASV 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 Thummin.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the Tirshatha saith to them that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of the priest with Urim and Thummim.
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 7
62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took [one] of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
64 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.
65 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 Thummim.
66 The whole congregation together [was] forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom [there were] seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙H8660 · tir.sha.tagovernorלָהֶ֔םH9038 · hemthemאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichלֹא־H3808 · lonotיֹאכְל֖וּH398 · a.khalto eatמִקֹּ֣דֶשׁH6944 · qo.deshholinessהַקֳּדָשִׁ֑יםH6944 · qo.deshholinessעַ֛דH5704 · adtillעֲמֹ֥דH5975 · a.madto stand: standהַכֹּהֵ֖ןH3548 · ko.henpriestלְאוּרִ֥יםH224 · u.rimUrimוְתוּמִּֽים׃H8550 · tum.mimThummim
Cross-references
Nehemiah 8:9And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.Exodus 28:30And 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 the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.Ezra 2:63And 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.Nehemiah 10:1Now those that sealed [were], Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,Deuteronomy 33:8And of Levi he said, [Let] thy Thummim and thy Urim [be] with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;Numbers 27:21And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask [counsel] for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: 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 10:17-18Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it [is] most holy, and [God] hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?Leviticus 2:10And that which is left of the meat offering [shall be] Aaron’s and his sons’: [it is] a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.Leviticus 2:3And the remnant of the meat offering [shall be] Aaron’s and his sons’: [it is] a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.Leviticus 6:17It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it [unto them for] their portion of my offerings made by fire; it [is] most holy, as [is] the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.Leviticus 21:21-23No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.Leviticus 7:19-20And the flesh that toucheth any unclean [thing] shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Nehemiah 7:65
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →