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BrTrAnd the Athersastha said, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until a priest should stand up to give light.
ULTAnd the Tirshatha said to them that they must not eat from the holiest holy food until the priest stood with Urim and Thummim.
USTThe governor told them that they must not eat any of the share of food taken from the sacrifices and kept for the priests. They would have to wait until the priest in charge of the temple had begun his duties and could ask God what to do about this situation.
BSBThe governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.[fn]
NETThe governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.
LSVand the Tirshatha says to them that they do not eat of the most holy things until the standing up of the priest with [the] Lights and Perfections.
FBVThe governor instructed them not to eat anything from the sanctuary sacrifices until a priest could ask the Lord about the issue by using the Urim and Thummim.
T4TThe governor told them that before they could eat the food offered as sacrifices, a priest should use the marked stones to find out what God said about their being priests.
KJB-1611[fn]And the Tirshatha said vnto them, that they should not eate of the most holy things, till there stood vp a priest with Urim and Thummim. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))
GnvaAnd the Tirshatha sayd vnto them, that they should not eate of the most holy, till there rose vp a Priest with Vrim and Thummim. (And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy, till there rose up a Priest with Vrim and Thummim. )
ClVgDixitque Athersatha eis ut non manducarent de Sanctis sanctorum, donec staret sacerdos doctus et eruditus. (And_he_said Athersatha to_them as not/no manducarent from/about Holys holy_place, until to_standt priest doctus and eruditus. )
This was the formal Persian title of the governor. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the title and then explain it. Alternate translation: [The Tirshatha, that is, the governor]
and=he/it_said the,governor to/for=them which/who not eat of,most_sacred_of the,sacred_things
In this case, the holy of holies does not refer to the inmost part of the Temple. Rather, it refers to the most sacred part of the food offerings, which was reserved for the priests. Alternate translation: [told them that they would not be allowed to eat the most sacred food]
until come the=priest/officer with,urim and,thummim
Here, stand is a figurative way of saying that a person has assumed the duties of their office. The priest means specifically the high priest, since he had the objects described. Alternate translation: [Until the high priest was once again on duty]
This was a pair of objects that the high priest kept in the breastpiece of his robe. It is unknown exactly what type of objects they were, but they were used to answer yes-or-no questions and to decide between two alternatives. If the priest, without looking, pulled out the Urim, that meant one answer, while if he pulled out the Thummim, that meant the other answer. If it would be helpful in your language, you could describe these objects by their function rather than by their names. Alternate translation: [and could use the sacred objects to decide their cases.]
The Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, where all Israelite males were commanded to offer sacrifices to the Lord (Exodus 23:14-19; Deuteronomy 16:16-17), underwent several stages of reconstruction and development over hundreds of years. The first Temple was built by King Solomon to replace the aging Tabernacle, and it was constructed on a threshing floor on high ground on the north side of the city (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). Hundreds of years later King Hezekiah expanded the platform surrounding the Temple. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the Temple was completely destroyed (2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 52:1-30). It was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after a group of Jews returned to Judea from exile in Babylon (Ezra 1:5-6:15; Nehemiah 7:5-65). Herod the Great completely rebuilt and expanded the Temple once again around 20 B.C., making it one of the largest temples in the Roman world. Jesus’ first believers often met together in Solomon’s Colonnade, a columned porch that encircled the Temple Mount, perhaps carrying on a tradition started by Jesus himself (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). But Herod’s Temple did not last long: After many Jews revolted against Rome, the Romans eventually recaptured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.
