⁶⁴ These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,

³ `If the priest who is anointed doth sin according to the guilt of the people, then he hath brought near for his sin which he hath sinned a bullock, a son of the herd, a perfect one, to Jehovah, for a sin-offering,

¹ And all Israel have reckoned themselves by genealogy, and lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah -- they were removed to Babylon for their trespass.

⁵ and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: --

²⁹ Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

¹¹ `And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,

¹² and he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was speechless.

¹³ `Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;

¹¹ and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;

¹² and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.