# Ezra 2.62

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**Book:** [Ezra](/codex/ezra/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 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.
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> **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.**
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> 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, (Ezra 2:60-64, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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.
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> **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.**
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> 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, (Ezra 2:60-64, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 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:
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> **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. <sup>were they: Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood</sup>**
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> 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. <sup>Tirshatha: or, governor</sup> 64. The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, (Ezra 2:60-64, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 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;)
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> **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,**
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> 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, (Ezra 2:60-64, YLT)

## Setting

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## 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._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Two Genealogies Contradiction Objection Defeater](/codex/two-genealogies-contradiction-objection-defeater/), via [Ezra 2.61-63](/codex/ezra-2-61-63/)

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## Notes

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## 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). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.