Nehemiah 11:1
And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem; the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD; and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
1 Chronicles 8:28These were heads of fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men; these dwelt in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Nehemiah 4:22(4-16) Likewise at the same time said I unto the people: 'Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day.'
Nehemiah 10:34(10-35) And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law;
Psalms 122:5For there were set thrones for judgment, 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 →