# Ezra 2.61-63 **Book:** [Ezra](/codex/ezra/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 59. And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: 60. the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. > > **61. And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name. 62. 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. 63. 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 with Thummim.** > > 64. The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 65. besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women. (Ezra 2:59-65, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 59. These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, and their offspring, whether they were of Israel: 60. the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two. > > **61. Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, and the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name. 62. These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood. 63. The governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to serve with Urim and with Thummim.** > > 64. The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty, 65. besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women. (Ezra 2:59-65, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 59. And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: Addan: or, Addon seed: or, pedigree 60. The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. > > **61. And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: 62. 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 63. 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 with Thummim. Tirshatha: or, governor** > > 64. The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 65. Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women. (Ezra 2:59-65, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 59. And these [are] those going up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsa, Cherub, Addan, Immer, and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they [are] of Israel: 60. sons of Delaiah, sons of Tobiah, sons of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. > > **61. And of the sons of the priests: sons of Habaiah, sons of Koz, sons of Barzillai (who took from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite a wife, and is called by their name;) 62. these have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and they have not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood, 63. and the Tirshatha saith to them, that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of a priest with Urim and with Thummim.** > > 64. All the assembly together [is] four myriad two thousand three hundred sixty, 65. apart from their servants and their handmaids; these [are] seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and of them [are] singers and songstresses two hundred. (Ezra 2:59-65, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Two Genealogies Contradiction Objection Defeater](/codex/two-genealogies-contradiction-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ --- ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). 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