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Ezra 2:63
New English Translation
Ezra 2:63
New English Translation
63 The governor[a] instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult[b] the Urim and Thummim.[c]
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- Ezra 2:63 tn The Hebrew word תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshataʾ) is an official title of the Persian governor in Judea, perhaps similar in meaning to “excellency” (BDB 1077 s.v.; HALOT 1798 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395).
- Ezra 2:63 tn Heb “to stand.”
- Ezra 2:63 sn The Urim and Thummim were two objects used to determine God’s will; there is no clear evidence of their size or shape, or the material from which they were made.
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