59The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
60the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all.
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).
62These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
63The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.