⁶⁴ They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen, so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

³ If the chief priest by doing wrong becomes a cause of sin to the people, then let him give to the Lord for the sin which he has done, an ox, without any mark, for a sin-offering.

¹ So all Israel was listed by their families; and, truly, they are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was taken away as prisoners to Babylon because of their sin.

⁵ And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:

²⁹ Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.

¹¹ But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;

¹² And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

¹³ Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

¹¹ After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.

¹² But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.