Nehemiah 11:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Now the leaders of the Israelites moved into the city of Jerusalem. The rest of the people used lots to decide who else should move there with the leaders. They chose a tenth of the people to live in Jerusalem, the holy city. The rest of the people stayed in their own towns.

Cross References

Isaiah 48:2

“Yes, you call yourselves citizens of the holy city, those who depend on the God of Israel. The Lord All-Powerful is his name.

Isaiah 52:1

Wake up! Wake up! Zion, clothe yourself with strength. Holy city of Jerusalem, stand up and put on your beautiful clothes! Those filthy foreigners will not enter you again.

Nehemiah 11:18

So there were 284 Levites who moved into Jerusalem, the holy city.

Nehemiah 10:34

“We, the priests, the Levites, and the people have thrown lots to decide when each of our families is to bring a gift of wood to the Temple of our God at certain times each year. The wood is to burn on the altar of the Lord our God. We must do that just as it is written in the law.

Matthew 4:5

Then the devil led Jesus to the holy city of Jerusalem and put him on a high place at the edge of the Temple area.

Acts 1:24

They prayed, “Lord, you know the minds of all people. Show us which one of these two men you choose to do this work. Judas turned away from it and went where he belongs. Lord, show us which man should take his place as an apostle!”

Matthew 27:53

They came out of the graves. And after Jesus was raised from death, they went into the holy city, and many people saw them.

Proverbs 16:33

People might throw lots to make a decision, but the answer always comes from the Lord.

Psalm 122:5

The kings from David’s family put their thrones here. They set up their thrones to judge the people.

1 Chronicles 26:13

Each family was given a gate to guard. Lots were thrown to choose a gate for a family. Young and old were treated the same.

Joshua 18:10

Joshua threw lots for them in front of the Lord at Shiloh. In this way Joshua divided the land and gave each tribe its part of the land.

Acts 1:26

Then they used lots to choose one of the two men. The lots showed that Matthias was the one the Lord wanted. So he became an apostle with the other eleven.

1 Chronicles 9:3

These are the people from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem:

1 Chronicles 8:28

All these men were leaders of their families. They were listed in their family histories as leaders. They lived in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 9:1

The names of all the Israelites were listed in their family histories. Those family histories were put in the book, The History of the Kings of Israel. The people of Judah were made prisoners and forced to go to Babylon. They were taken there because they were not faithful to God.

1 Chronicles 9:2

The first people to come back and live in their own lands and towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and servants who work in the Temple.

Nehemiah 4:22

At that time I also said this to the people, “Every builder and his helper must stay inside Jerusalem at night. Then they can be guards at night and workers during the day.”

Psalm 122:6

Pray for peace in Jerusalem: “May those who love you find peace.