Focused Passage

Ezra 2:59-63

The Returned Exiles and the Reconstituted Worshiping Community

The decree of return becomes a counted covenant community, ordered by family, place, worship office, priestly legitimacy, and freewill devotion to the house of the Lord.

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59 The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

60 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all.

61 And 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).

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

63 The 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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Verse 59

Cross-references

Numbers 1:18 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 7:61 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 13:9 Classic cross-references 1 Chronicles 9:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

The following וְאֵ֗לֶּה H428 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural came up הָֽעֹלִים֙ H5927 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural vvv מִתֵּ֥ל H8528 Preposition from Tel-melah מֶ֙לַח֙ H8528 Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular vvv תֵּ֣ל H8521 Tel-harsha חַרְשָׁ֔א H8521 Noun - proper - feminine singular Cherub כְּר֥וּב H3743 Noun - proper - feminine singular Addan אַדָּ֖ן H135 Noun - proper - feminine singular and Immer אִמֵּ֑ר H564 Noun - proper - masculine singular but they could not וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle . . . יָֽכְל֗וּ H3201 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural prove לְהַגִּ֤יד H5046 Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct that their families בֵּית־ H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . אֲבוֹתָם֙ H1 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural were descended וְזַרְעָ֔ם H2233 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural . . . אִ֥ם H518 Conjunction from Israel מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל H3478 Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular . . . הֵֽם׃ H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural

BSB notes

Addan is a variant of Addon; see Nehemiah 7:61.

Verse 60

Cross-references

Nehemiah 7:62 Classic cross-references

Original words

the descendants בְּנֵי־ H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct of Delaiah דְלָיָ֥ה H1806 Noun - proper - masculine singular the descendants בְנֵי־ H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct of Tobiah טוֹבִיָּ֖ה H2900 Noun - proper - masculine singular and the descendants בְּנֵ֣י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct of Nekoda נְקוֹדָ֑א H5353 Noun - proper - masculine singular 652 [in all] שֵׁ֥שׁ H8337 Number - feminine singular . . . מֵא֖וֹת H3967 Number - feminine plural . . . חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים H2572 Number - common plural . . . וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס H8147 Conjunctive waw | Number - md

Verse 61

Cross-references

2 Samuel 17:27 Classic cross-references 1 Kings 2:7 Classic cross-references

Original words

And from וּמִבְּנֵי֙ H1121 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct among the priests הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים H3548 Article | Noun - masculine plural the descendants בְּנֵ֥י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct of Hobaiah חֳבַיָּ֖ה H2252 Noun - proper - masculine singular the descendants בְּנֵ֣י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct of Hakkoz הַקּ֑וֹץ H6976 Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular and the descendants בְּנֵ֣י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct of Barzillai בַרְזִלַּ֗י H1271 Noun - proper - masculine singular who אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative had married לָ֠קַח H3947 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular . . . אִשָּׁ֔ה H802 Noun - feminine singular a daughter מִבְּנ֞וֹת H1323 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct of Barzillai בַּרְזִלַּ֤י H1271 Noun - proper - masculine singular the Gileadite הַגִּלְעָדִי֙ H1569 Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular and was called וַיִּקָּרֵ֖א H7121 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular by עַל־ H5921 Preposition their name שְׁמָֽם׃ H8034 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 62

Cross-references

Numbers 3:10 Classic cross-references 1 Chronicles 9:1 Classic cross-references Numbers 16:39 Classic cross-references

Original words

These [men] אֵ֗לֶּה H428 Pronoun - common plural searched for בִּקְשׁ֧וּ H1245 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural their family records כְתָבָ֛ם H3791 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural . . . הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖ים H3187 Article | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural but they could not וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle find them נִמְצָ֑אוּ H4672 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural and so were excluded וַֽיְגֹאֲל֖וּ H1351 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural from מִן־ H4480 Preposition the priesthood {as unclean} הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃ H3550 Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 63

Cross-references

Exodus 28:30 Classic cross-references Leviticus 2:10 Classic cross-references Leviticus 2:3 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 7:65 Classic cross-references Numbers 27:21 Classic cross-references

Original words

The governor הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙ H8660 Article | Adjective - masculine singular ordered וַיֹּ֤אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular them לָהֶ֔ם Preposition | third person masculine plural אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle to eat יֹאכְל֖וּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural the most holy things מִקֹּ֣דֶשׁ H6944 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct . . . הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים H6944 Article | Noun - masculine plural until עַ֛ד H5704 Preposition . . . עֲמֹ֥ד H5975 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct there was a priest כֹּהֵ֖ן H3548 Noun - masculine singular to consult the Urim לְאוּרִ֥ים H224 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural and Thummim וּלְתֻמִּֽים׃ H8550 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural

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