Ezra 2:63

The governor ¹  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ²  the Urim and Thummim.

The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim.

The governor would not even let them eat the priests’ share of food from the sacrifices until there was a priest who could consult the LORD about the matter by means of sacred lots.

The governor ruled that they could not eat from the holy food until a priest could determine their status with the Urim and Thummim.

And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.

the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food, until there should be a priest to consult Urim and Thummim.

And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim.

The governor ¹  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ²  the Urim and Thummim.

¹ 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).

² tn Heb “to stand.”