Neh 7:65 | NETfull | STEP | The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

Nehemiah 7:65

65 The governor ^{▼▼ The Hebrew term תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’; KJV “Tirshatha”) is the official title of a Persian governor in Judea. In meaning it may be similar to “excellency” (cf. NAB). See further BDB 1077 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395; HALOT 1798 s.v.} instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ^{▼▼ Heb “stood.”} the Urim and Thummim.