Nehemiah 10:34 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁴ We have likewise 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ We also 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 appointed times year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ 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 Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law;

Common English Bible

³⁴ We have also cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people so that we bring the wood offering into our God’s house by families at the appointed times every year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Instruction.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ Then we cast lots concerning the oblation of the wood among the priests, and the Levites, and the people, so that it would be carried into the house of our God, by the households of our fathers, at set times, from the times of one year to another, so that they might burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, just as it was written in the law of Moses,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ And 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.

Nehemiah 10:34 Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:5

They organized them by lot, all alike, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:7

The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

2 Chronicles 2:3

And Solomon sent word to Huram the king of Tyre: “As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.

Ezra 3:5

and after that the continual burnt offerings, the offerings at the new moon and at all the appointed feasts of the Lord, and the offerings of every one who made a freewill offering to the Lord.

Nehemiah 11:1

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 Jerusalem the holy city, while nine tenths remained in the other towns.

Nehemiah 13:31

and I provided for the wood offering, at appointed times, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

Proverbs 18:18

The lot puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.

Isaiah 40:16

Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.

Leviticus 24:5

“And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.

Leviticus 24:6

And you shall set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the table of pure gold.

Numbers 28:2

“Command the people of Israel, and say to them, ‘My offering, my food for my offerings by fire, my pleasing odor, you shall take heed to offer to me in its due season.’

Acts 1:26

And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.

Joshua 9:27

But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to continue to this day, in the place which he should choose.