...And these [were] they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, СпепцЬ, Acidan, [and] immer : but they could not show their father's house, and their seed, whether they SO [were] of Israel : Tbe children of DeJaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nokoda, six...

...priesthood."—rNor was this exactness in tracing genealogies confined to the Priests; we are told of others,* who " could not show their father's house and their seed, whether they were of Israel." And the reason of this exactness is plain from this ; that such of the Jews as believed their prophets,...

...permitted to occupy Jerusalem itself. It is very probable that the persons spoken of in Ezra ii. 59. who could not show their father's house and their seed " whether they were of Israel," — were Israelites, who from the greater length of their captivity, had lost their register, and thus...

...two. 59. And these were they which went up from Tel-melah,Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but e, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother. : 60. The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and...

...same family) who professed to be of the Lévites, Nethinim, or children of Solomon's serrants ; but as J! 2} ; these, and others which were children of the priests, were put out of the priesthood, and out of...

...ii. 62) ; and also to establish their claim to private property, from which those were excluded who " could not show their father's house and their seed, whether they were of Israel." Now it seems impossible, that the whole nation should lose all public records of their public law,...

...among the number who sought permission to go up with Zerubbabel, to Jerusalem, there were those who " could not show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel ;'' and those, also, who " sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they...

...reply of Zerubbabel. They were of those who " could not find the register of their genealogy" who " could not show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel." They could not give the words and signs which marked the true descendspts of Abraham, and which were...

...observe, that at verse 59 it is stated, there were some claiming to be Israelites who could not even "show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel," and yet they were not rejected on that account, except as from the priesthood. If they had been captives...

...observe, that at verse 59 it is stated, there were some claiming to be Israelites who could not even "show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel," and yet they were not rejected on that account, except as from the priesthood. If they had been captives...