Nehemiah 11:1

English Standard Version 2016

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 out of ten remained in the other towns.

Cross References

Isaiah 48:2

For they call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves 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 there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Nehemiah 11:18

All the Levites in the holy city were 284.

Nehemiah 10:34

We, the priests, the Levites, and the people, have likewise cast lots 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 on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law.

Matthew 4:5

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

Acts 1:24

And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen

Matthew 27:53

and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

Psalm 122:5

There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.

1 Chronicles 26:13

And they cast lots by fathers’ houses, small and great alike, for their gates.

Joshua 18:10

and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, to each his portion.

Acts 1:26

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

1 Chronicles 9:3

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

1 Chronicles 8:28

These were the heads of fathers’ houses, according to their generations, chief men. These lived in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 9:1

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

1 Chronicles 9:2

Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.

Nehemiah 4:22

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

Psalm 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you!