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Ezra 2:63

And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

KJV

Et dixit Athersatha eis ut non comederent de Sancto sanctorum, donec surgeret sacerdos doctus atque perfectus.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἁθερσαὰ αὐτοῖς τοῦ μὴ φαγεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου τῶν ἁγίων ἕως ἀναστῇ ἱερεὺς τοῖς φωτίζουσιν καὶ τοῖς τελείοις.

LXX

And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר הַ/תִּרְשָׁ֨תָא֙ לָ/הֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא יֹאכְל֖וּ מִ/קֹּ֣דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֑ים עַ֛ד עֲמֹ֥ד כֹּהֵ֖ן לְ/אוּרִ֥ים וּ/לְ/תֻמִּֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אוּרִ֖ים
'vrym
noun · 7×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 5×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 811×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
קֹּ֑דֶשׁ
qdsh
noun · 463×
תִּרְשָׁ֨תָא֙
trsht'
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 33:8 — And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
  • Exod 28:30 — And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of
  • Exod 28:30 — And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of
  • Lev 2:3 — And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
  • Lev 2:10 — And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
  • Lev 8:8 — And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
  • Lev 22:10 — There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
  • Neh 7:65 — And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
  • Neh 8:9 — And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. Fo
  • Neh 8:9 — And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. Fo
  • Num 27:21 — And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and