International Children’s Bible

Nehemiah 7:63-67 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

63. And these priests could not prove that their families came from Israel: the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai. (He had married a daughter of Barzillai from Gilead and was called by her family name.)

64. 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.

65. So the governor ordered them not to eat any of the food offered to God. First a priest had to settle this matter by using the Urim and Thummim.

66. The total number of those who returned was 42,360.

67. This is not counting their 7,337 male and female servants. They also had 245 men and women singers with them.