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Ezra 2:63

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezra 2:63

Verse 63 of 70

Scripture focus

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.

Ezra 2:63 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezra 2:63

Theological / Devotional

The Tirshatha. From the Persian tarshta, an honorific title for the governor of a province, equivalent to “His Excellency.” Its literal meaning is, “the feared one.”

Urim and ... Thummim. See on Ex. 28:15, 30. Zerubbabel evidently anticipated that the power of obtaining direct answers from God by means of the Urim and Thummim, which had existed in pre-exilic times, would be restored as soon as the new congregation was re-established and the services of the Temple reinstituted. Whether his expectations were fulfilled is not known.

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