Nehemiah 11:1

Modern English Version

Now the rulers of the people lived at Jerusalem, so the rest of the people cast lots in order to bring one out of ten to stay in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine remained in other cities.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 26:13

They cast lots, small and great alike, according to their fathers’ houses, gate by gate.

1 Chronicles 8:28

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

1 Chronicles 9:1

So all Israel was registered by genealogies, and these were written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was led into exile to Babylon for their unfaithfulness.

1 Chronicles 9:2

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

1 Chronicles 9:3

Some of the sons of Judah dwelt in Jerusalem alongside some of the sons of Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh:

Nehemiah 10:34

Also, we cast lots to determine the duty of the supply of wood that the priests, the Levites, and the people—according to the houses of our fathers, being set by annually appointed times—might bring to the house of our God, in order to burn it 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 and eighty-four.

Nehemiah 4:22

Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Every man and his servant must lodge within Jerusalem. By night, they may be a guard to us; by day, a laborer for the work.”

Psalm 122:5

For there were set thrones for judgment, 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 thereof is from the Lord.

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 will no longer enter you.

Matthew 27:53

and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the Holy City and appeared to many.

Matthew 4:5

Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, and set Him on the highest point of the temple,

Acts 1:24

Then they prayed, “You, Lord, who knows the hearts of all men, show which of these two You have chosen

Acts 1:26

Then they cast lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. So he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Joshua 18:10

Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. There Joshua apportioned the land for the Israelites according to their divisions.