Nehemiah 11:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city Jerusalem, while nine-tenths remained in the other towns.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

NOW THE leaders of the people dwelt at Jerusalem; the rest of the people also cast lots to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths dwelt in other towns and villages.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

The leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. 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 stayed in the other towns.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. Yet truly, the remainder of the people cast lots, so that they might choose one part in ten who were to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine parts for the other cities.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Nehemiah 11:1 Cross References

1 Chronicles 26:13

and they cast lots by ancestral houses, small and great alike, for their gates.

1 Chronicles 8:28

These were the heads of ancestral houses, according to their generations, chiefs. These lived in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 9:1

So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies, and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

1 Chronicles 9:2

Now the first to live again in their possessions in their towns were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

1 Chronicles 9:3

And some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:

Nehemiah 10:34

We have also cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, by ancestral houses, at appointed times, year by year, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law.

Nehemiah 11:18

All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.

Nehemiah 4:22

I also said to the people at that time, “Let every man and his servant pass the night inside Jerusalem, so that they may be a guard for us by night and may labor by day.”

Psalm 122:5

For there the thrones for judgment were set up, the thrones of the house of David.

Psalm 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is the Lord’s alone.

Isaiah 48:2

For they call themselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the Lord of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 52:1

Awake; awake; put on your strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, for the uncircumcised and the unclean shall enter you no more.

Matthew 27:53

After his resurrection they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many.

Matthew 4:5

Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple,

Acts 1:24

Then they prayed and said, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which one of these two you have chosen

Acts 1:26

And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was added to the eleven apostles.

Joshua 18:10

and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Joshua apportioned the land to the Israelites, to each a portion.