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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59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

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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

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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62 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.

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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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