Bible in Basic English
"And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by the Urim and Thummim."
— Nehemiah 7:65, Bible in Basic English
“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 Thummim.”
“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 Thummim. ”
“The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.”
“The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.”
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.
And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.
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.
And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by the Urim and Thummim.
The number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty;
As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women to make music.
They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five transport beasts;