“These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.”
The resolution of the priestly genealogy problem is described: "These sought their genealogical records, but they could not be found, and so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean." The exclusion of priests unable to prove genealogy from service represents a strict standard for priestly status; the ritual purity of the priesthood was considered sufficiently important to justify excluding candidates with genealogical documentation problems. The permanence of their exclusion (implied by the final status) created a class of people with priestly ancestry but denied priestly function.
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