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The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
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Upholding Priestly Holiness
The governor, Zerubbabel, temporarily barred priests with unproven genealogies from eating the "most holy things." Commentators explain this was a cautious measure to uphold the sanctity of the priesthood until God's will could be definitively known, showing a commitment to holiness even in a disorganized, post-exile period.
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Ezra
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Tirshatha - that is, Zerubbabel. See margin. The word is probably old Persian, though it does not occur in the cuneiform inscriptions. S…
19th Century
Anglican
Tirshatha. —Interchangeable with Pechah, or governor, as Zerubbabel is called in Ezra 5:14 and always in Haggai.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Tirshatha said unto them By whom Jarchi understands Nehemiah, and observes, that their rabbins say he was so…
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