Nehemiah 7:64
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These sought their writing in the record, and found it not: and they were cast out of the priesthood.

These sought

Matthew 22:11-13 And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment. . . .

those that were

Nehemiah 7:5 But God had put in my heart, and I assembled the princes and magistrates, and common people, to number them: and I found a book of the number of them who came up at first and therein it was found written:

1 Chronicles 9:1 And all Israel was numbered: and the sum of them was written in the book of the kings of Israel, and Juda: and they were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

but it was

Matthew 25:11,12 But at last came also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. . . .

as polluted

Nehemiah 13:29 Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites.

Leviticus 4:3 If the priest that is anointed shall sin, making the people to offend, he shall offer to the Lord for his sin a calf without blemish.

Context
The List of Returning Exiles
63And of the priests, the children of Habia, the children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughters of Berzellai the Galaadite, and he was called by their name. 64These sought their writing in the record, and found it not: and they were cast out of the priesthood.65And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holies of holies, until there stood up a priest learned and skilful.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 7:63
And of the priests, the children of Habia, the children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughters of Berzellai the Galaadite, and he was called by their name.

Nehemiah 7:65
And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holies of holies, until there stood up a priest learned and skilful.

Lexicon
These [men]
אֵ֗לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

searched for
בִּקְשׁ֧וּ (biq·šū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after

their family records,
כְתָבָ֛ם (ḵə·ṯā·ḇām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3791: Something written, a writing, record, book

but they could not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

find them
נִמְצָ֑א (nim·ṣā)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

and so were excluded
וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ (way·ḡō·’ă·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1351: To soil, desecrate

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the priesthood {as unclean}.
הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃ (hak·kə·hun·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3550: Priesthood


Additional Translations
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.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.

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.

These sought the pedigree of their company, and it was not found, and they were removed as polluted from the priesthood.

These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.

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.

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.

These sought their register [among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,
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