Ezra 2:62
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
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Leviticus 21:21-23
No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God. . . .

Numbers 3:10
So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any layman who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death."

Numbers 16:40
just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder for the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.

Numbers 18:7
But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar, and for what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death."

Ezekiel 44:10-14
Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
These searched among their ancestral registration, but they could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.

King James Bible
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

International Standard Version
These people searched for their ancestral registrations but they couldn't be located. Accordingly, they were assigned an "unclean" status and couldn't be priests.

NET Bible
They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.
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