Nehemiah 11:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the rulers of the people were living in Jerusalem: the rest of the people made selection, by the decision of chance, of one out of every ten to be living in Jerusalem, the holy town; the other nine to go to the other towns.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 26:13

And the families were taken by the decision of the Lord for every door; the small family had the same chance as the great.

1 Chronicles 8:28

These were heads of families in their generations; chief men: these were living in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 9:1

So all Israel was listed by their families; and, truly, they are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was taken away as prisoners to Babylon because of their sin.

1 Chronicles 9:2

Now the first to take up their heritage in their towns were: Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

1 Chronicles 9:3

And in Jerusalem there were living some of the sons of Judah, and of Benjamin, and of Ephraim and Manasseh;

Nehemiah 10:34

And we, the priests and the Levites and the people, made selection, by the decision of the Lord, of those who were to take the wood offering into the house of God, by families at the regular times, year by year, to be burned on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is recorded in the law;

Nehemiah 11:18

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

Nehemiah 4:22

And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.

Psalm 122:5

For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.

Psalm 122:6

O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they whose love is given to you do well.

Proverbs 16:33

A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

Isaiah 48:2

For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.

Isaiah 52:1

Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.

Matthew 27:53

And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.

Matthew 4:5

Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

Acts 1:24

And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,

Acts 1:26

And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

Joshua 18:10

And Joshua made the distribution for them in Shiloh by the decision of the Lord, marking out the land for the children of Israel by their divisions.