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59 The following came up from Tel-melah (mound of salt), Tel-harsha (mound of the deaf mute), Cherub (blessing), Addan (Addon), and Immer (he has said), but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel (he wrestles with God): 60 the descendants of Delaiah (YHWH has drawn), the descendants of Tobiah (YHWH is good), and the descendants of Nekoda (distinguished), 652 in all. 61 And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah (YHWH has hidden), the descendants of Hakkoz (thorn), and the descendants of Barzillai (my iron) (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite (rocky region) and was called by their name). 62 These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 63 The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim (lights) and Thummim \Lights and Perfections/. Ezra 2:59-63, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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