Nehemiah 11:1
Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.
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In Context
2And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
Cross References
Joshua 18:10And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
1 Chronicles 8:28All these were heads of families, the chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
Nehemiah 4:22At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”
Nehemiah 10:34We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
Psalms 122:5For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
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 →