Ezra 2:63

2:63 The governor28 instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult29 the Urim and Thummim.

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28	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).
29	tn Heb “to stand.”