Nehemiah 11:1
And the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: but the rest of the people cast lots, to take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.
Cross References
Joshua 18:10And he cast lots before the Lord in Silo, and divided the land to the children of Israel into seven parts.
1 Chronicles 8:28These were the chief fathers, and heads of their families who dwelt in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first that dwelt in their possessions, and in their cities, were the Israelites, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathineans.
Nehemiah 4:22At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.
Nehemiah 10:34And we cast lots among the priests, and the Levites, and the people for the offering of wood, that it might be brought into the house of our God by the houses of our fathers at set times, from year to year: to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law of Moses :
Psalms 122:5The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 11:1
Jerusalem was walled round, but it was not as yet fully inhabited, and therefore was weak and despicable. Nehemiah's next care is to bring people into it; of that we have here an account. I. The methods taken to replenish it, ver. 1, 2 . II. The principal persons that resided there, of Judah and Benjamin ( ver. 3-9 ), of the priests and Levites, ver. 10-19 . III. The several cities and villages of Judah and Benjamin that were peopled by the rest of their families, ver. 20-36 . Read the whole commentary →