59 And these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, [a]Addan, and Immer; but they could not [b]identify their father’s house or their [c]genealogy, whether they were of Israel:

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 2:59 Or Addon, Neh. 7:61
  2. Ezra 2:59 Lit. tell
  3. Ezra 2:59 Lit. seed

59 The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended(A) from Israel:

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62 These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; (A)therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled.

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62 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood(A) as unclean.

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Then my God put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up in the first return, and found written in it:

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So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there:

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28 Let them (A)be blotted out of the book of the living,
(B)And not be written with the righteous.

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28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(A)
    and not be listed with the righteous.(B)

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