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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Habaiah
His family were priests who came back from Babylon and could not prove their descent from Aaron. They were kept out of the priesthood until a high priest could settle it with the Urim and Thummim, and the record never says that happened.
His family were priests who came back from Babylon and could not prove their descent from Aaron. They were kept out of the priesthood until a high priest could settle it with the Urim and Thummim, and the record never says that happened.
Habaiah headed a priestly family that returned from Babylonian exile but could not produce genealogical records proving descent from Aaron. As a result its members were barred from serving as priests and from eating the priests' portion of offerings until the matter could be settled by the high priest using the Urim and Thummim, a resolution the record does not describe as ever occurring (Ezra 2:61-63; Nehemiah 7:63-65).
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- Ezra 2:61
- Nehemiah 7:63
