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Nehemiah 7:63 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 7 · verse 63
And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.Nehemiah 7:63 · King James Version
Nehemiah 7:63 in context
61And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
62The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
63And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
64These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
65And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BarzillaiBarzillayBarzillai, the name of three IsraelitesH1271 →
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- GileaditeGilʻâdîya Giladite or descendant of GiladH1569 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- HabaiahChăbayâhChabajah, an IsraeliteH2252 →
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We have here another good project of Nehemiah's; for wise and zealous men will be always contriving something or other for the glory of God and the edification of his church.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-73