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Ezra 2:62 Cross-References
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“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. were they: Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood”
Ezra 2:62 (KJV)
Commentary on Ezra 2:62
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—The Hebrew yitchasem (their genealogical registration) was searched but not found (לֹא נִמְצָא). The verb ga'al (polluted/defiled) carries cultic overtones: ritual impurity disqualifying from sacred service.This isn't moral judgment but covenantal reality: priestly service required Aaronic descent (Numbers 3:10; 16:40). Those unable to prove lineage were excluded (יְגֹאֲלוּ מִן־הַכְּהֻנָּה) not as punishment but as protection—unauthorized p...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ezra 2:62
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“and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.,And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death., וְאֶת־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת־בָּנָיו תִּפְקֹד וְשָׁמְרוּ אֶת־כְּהֻנָּתָם וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב יוּמָת׃ פ ,And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, that they may keep their priesthood; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.”
“which those who were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar”
“and for that within the veil; and you shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
“who has a blemish”
“when Israel went astray”