Nehemiah 7:64
Nehemiah 7:64-65 The Message (MSG)
They looked high and low for their family records but couldn’t find them. And so they were barred from priestly work as ritually unclean. The governor ruled that they could not eat from the holy food until a priest could determine their status by using the Urim and Thummim.
Nehemiah 7:64 King James Version (KJV)
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
Nehemiah 7:64 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
These searched among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.
Nehemiah 7:64 New Century Version (NCV)
These people searched for their family records, but they could not find them. So they could not be priests, because they were thought to be unclean.
Nehemiah 7:64 American Standard Version (ASV)
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
Nehemiah 7:64 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
Nehemiah 7:64 New King James Version (NKJV)
These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but it was not found; therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled.
Nehemiah 7:64 Amplified Bible (AMP)
These men searched for their ancestral registration among those recorded in the genealogies, but it was not located; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean.