Ezra 2:63
The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
Note Literally Lights and Perfections
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.
Note Tirshatha: or, governor
The governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to serve with Urim and with Thummim.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Tirshatha
- or, governor. The person who held this office at this time was probably Zerubbabel. The word {Tirshatha} is supposed to be Persian; and if, as Castel supposes, it signifies austerity, or that fear which is impressed by the authority of a governor, it may be derived from {tars,} "ear," or {tursh,} "acid, austere."
- Nehemiah 7:65; Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 10:1
- should not
- Leviticus 2:3, 10; Leviticus 6:17, 29; Leviticus 7:16; Leviticus 10:17, 18; Leviticus 22:2, 3, 10, 14–16; Numbers 18:9–11, 19; Numbers 18:32
- Urim
- Exodus 28:30; Leviticus 8:8; Numbers 27:21; Deuteronomy 33:8; 1 Samuel 28:6