Discovery BoxEzra 2:59 
Context2:59 These are the ones that came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify 1 their family connection 2 or their ancestry, 3 as to whether they really were from Israel):
Ezra 2:62-63
Context2:62 They 4 searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. 5 They were therefore excluded 6 from the priesthood. 2:63 The governor 7 instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult 8 the Urim and Thummim.
1 tn Heb “relate.”
2 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”
3 tn Heb “their seed.”
4 tn Heb “these.”
5 tn Heb “their records were searched for in the genealogical materials, but were not found.” This passive construction has been translated as active for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “they were desecrated.”
7 tn The Hebrew word תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’) is an official title of the Persian governor in Judea, perhaps similar in meaning to “excellency” (BDB 1077 s.v.; HALOT 1798 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395).
8 tn Heb “to stand.”
