Nehemiah 11:1
And the heads of the people dwell in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people have caused to fall lots to bring in one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the cities,
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Joshua 18:10And Joshua casteth for them a lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, and there Joshua apportioneth the land to the sons of Israel, according to their divisions.
1 Chronicles 8:28These [are] heads of fathers, by their generations, heads; these dwelt in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 9:2And the first inhabitants, who [are] in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, [are] the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Nehemiah 4:22Also, at that time I said to the people, 'Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day [for] the work:'
Nehemiah 10:34And the lots we have caused to fall for the offering of wood, [among] the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring in to the house of our God, by the house of our fathers, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law,
Psalms 122:5For there have sat thrones of judgment, 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 →