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Ezra 2:63
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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,  
65 besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers.
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Ezra 2:63

The Tirshatha - This is generally supposed to be Nehemiah, or the person who was the commandant; see Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 10:1, for the word appears to be the name of an office. The Vulgate and Septuagint write it Atershatha, the Syriac and Arabic render it the princes of Judah. Some suppose the word to be Persian, but nothing like it of the same import occurs in that language at present. If, as Castel supposed, it signifies austerity, or that fear which is unpressed by the authority of a governor, it may come from ters , Fear, or tersh , Acid, the former from tarsidan , to Fear or Dread.

Should not eat of the most holy things - There was a high priest then, but no Urim and Thummim, these having been lost in the captivity.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Ezra 2:63:

Ezra 2:2
Nehemiah 7:70
1 Timothy 1:4

 

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