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Ezra 2

Ezra 2:63 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the ψTirshatha
Tirshatha' (Hebrew #8660)
the title of a Persian deputy or governor
KJV usage: Tirshatha.
Pronounce: teer-shaw-thaw'
Origin: of foreign derivation
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, that they should not eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
u of the most
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
holy things
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
, till there stood up
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
a priest
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
with Urim
'Uwriym (Hebrew #224)
lights; Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate
KJV usage: Urim.
Pronounce: oo-reem'
Origin: plur of 217
v and with Thummim
Tummiym (Hebrew #8550)
perfections, i.e. (techn.) one of the epithets of the objects in the high-priest's breastplate as an emblem of complete Truth
KJV usage: Thummim.
Pronounce: toom-meem'
Origin: plural of 8537
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or, governor,
Neh. 8:9• 9And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. (Neh. 8:9)
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Lev. 22:10,14• 10And no stranger shall eat the holy thing; the sojourner with the priest, and the hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
 14And if a man eat of a holy thing through inadvertence, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. (Lev. 22:10,14)
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Ex. 28:30• 30And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, that they may be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before Jehovah; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually. (Ex. 28:30)
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Lev. 8:8• 8And he put the breastplate on it, and put on the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim; (Lev. 8:8)
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Num. 27:21• 21And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him, by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, he, and all the children of Israel with him, even the whole assembly. (Num. 27:21)
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Deut. 33:8• 8And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; (Deut. 33:8)

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Priest; Priesthood,
Thummim,
Tirshatha,
Urim and Thummim

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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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."
Neh. 7:65• 65And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up the priest with Urim and Thummim. (Neh. 7:65)
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Neh. 8:9• 9And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. (Neh. 8:9)
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Neh. 10:1• 1And at the head of those that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zedekiah. (Neh. 10:1)
should not.
Lev. 2:3,10• 3And the remainder of the oblation shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is most holy of Jehovah's offerings by fire.
 10And the remainder of the oblation shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is most holy of Jehovah's offerings by fire. (Lev. 2:3,10)
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Lev. 6:17,29• 17It shall not be baken with leaven. As their portion have I given it unto them of my offerings by fire: it is most holy; as the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering.
 29All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. (Lev. 6:17,29)
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Lev. 7:16• 16And if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or voluntary, it shall be eaten the same day that he presented his sacrifice; on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten; (Lev. 7:16)
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Lev. 10:17‑18• 17Why have ye not eaten the sin-offering in a holy place? for it is most holy, and he has given it to you that ye might bear the iniquity of the assembly, to make atonement for them before Jehovah.
 18Lo, its blood was not brought in within the sanctuary: ye should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded. (Lev. 10:17‑18)
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Lev. 22:2‑3,10,14‑16• 2Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in the things that they hallow unto me: I am Jehovah.
 3Say unto them, Every one of all your seed, throughout your generations, that approacheth the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am Jehovah.
 10And no stranger shall eat the holy thing; the sojourner with the priest, and the hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
 14And if a man eat of a holy thing through inadvertence, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
 15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they offer unto Jehovah,
 16and cause them to bear the iniquity of trespass when they eat their holy things; for I am Jehovah who do hallow them. (Lev. 22:2‑3,10,14‑16)
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Num. 18:9‑11,19• 9This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, of all their oblations, and of all their sin-offerings, and of all their trespass-offerings, which they render unto me, it is most holy for thee and for thy sons.
 10As most holy shalt thou eat it: every male shall eat it; it shall be holy unto thee.
 11And this shall be thine: the heave-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
 19All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Jehovah, have I given thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute: it shall be an everlasting covenant of salt before Jehovah unto thee and thy seed with thee. (Num. 18:9‑11,19)
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Num. 18:32• 32And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, if ye heave from it the best of it; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. (Num. 18:32)
Urim.
Ex. 28:30• 30And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, that they may be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before Jehovah; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually. (Ex. 28:30)
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Lev. 8:8• 8And he put the breastplate on it, and put on the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim; (Lev. 8:8)
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Num. 27:21• 21And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him, by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, he, and all the children of Israel with him, even the whole assembly. (Num. 27:21)
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Deut. 33:8• 8And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; (Deut. 33:8)
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1 Sam. 28:6• 6And Saul inquired of Jehovah; but Jehovah did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets. (1 Sam. 28:6)
• The question of the priests goes still further. These, as we have seen, were put out from their office, the functions of which were to minister before the Lord, and to teach the people (see Ex. 28; Lev. 10:9-11; Deut. 10:8; Malachi 2:5-7); and they were also forbidden, owing to their inability to find their register, to eat of the holy things. (Compare on this subject Lev. 22:1-16.) (“Ezra 2” by E. Dennett)
• It is not clear that there ever was a priest in Israel’s latter history that was recognized as having these mysterious attributes. In our present day, it is only by waiting on the Lord that we can discern the true character of an individual when there is a confused testimony as to their salvation. “Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure”(2 Tim. 5:22). (“A Remnant Company - Ezra 2:3-70” by N. Simon)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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a
Title of governor of Jerusalem under Persian kings.
b
See Neh. 7.65.