Ezra 2:62

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

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

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.

In context

61And from among 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 was called by their name).

63The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

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