59 And these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not identify their father’s house or their3 genealogy, whether they were of Israel:
60 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two;
61 and of the sons of the priests: the sons of aHabaiah, the sons of Koz, and the sons of bBarzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name.
62 These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; atherefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled.
63 And the1 governor said to them that they ashould not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the bUrim and Thummim.
64 aThe whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
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