therefore: Leviticus 21:21-23; Numbers 3:10, Numbers 16:40, Numbers 18:7
were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood: Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood, Ezekiel 44:10-14
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Ezra 2:62
Ezra 2:62
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