Nehemiah 11:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Isa 48:2 : 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.
  • Neh 11:18 : 18 All the Levites in the holy town were two hundred and eighty-four.
  • Neh 10:34 : 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;
  • Isa 52:1 : 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.
  • Matt 4:5 : 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,
  • Matt 27:53 : 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.
  • Acts 1:24 : 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,
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God; 9 And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:
  • Josh 18:10 : 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.
  • Judg 20:9-9 : 9 But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord; 10 And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel.
  • 1 Chr 26:13 : 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.
  • Neh 7:4-5 : 4 Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up. 5 And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:
  • Ps 122:5 : 5 For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 11:2-4
    3 verses
    85%

    2And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem.

    3Now these are the chiefs of the divisions of the country who were living in Jerusalem: but in the towns of Judah everyone was living on his heritage in the towns, that is, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.

    4And in Jerusalem there were living certain of the children of Judah and of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah, the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;

  • 1 Chr 9:2-3
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    74%

    2Now the first to take up their heritage in their towns were: Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

    3And in Jerusalem there were living some of the sons of Judah, and of Benjamin, and of Ephraim and Manasseh;

  • Neh 11:20
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    20And the rest of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his heritage.

  • Ezra 2:70
    73%

    70So the priests and the Levites and the people and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, took up their places in their towns; even all Israel in their towns.

  • Neh 7:4
    71%

    4Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up.

  • Ezra 3:1
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    1And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people came together like one man to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 26:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13And the families were taken by the decision of the Lord for every door; the small family had the same chance as the great.

    14And the care of the door on the east came out for Shelemiah. Then the name of Zechariah his son, a man wise in discussion, came out, and the door on the north was given to him.

  • 1 Chr 24:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5So they were put into groups, by the Lord's decision, one with another; for there were rulers of the holy place and rulers of the house of God among the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.

    6And Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was a Levite, put down their names in writing, the king being present with the rulers, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites; one family being taken for Eleazar and then one for Ithamar, and so on.

    7Now the first name to come out was that of Jehoiarib; the second Jedaiah,

  • Neh 7:73
    70%

    73So the priests and the Levites and the door-keepers and the music-makers and some of the people and the Nethinim, and all Israel, were living in their towns.

  • 1 Chr 6:65
    70%

    65And they gave by the Lord's decision out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these towns whose names are given.

  • Ezra 1:4-5
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    4And whoever there may be of the rest of Israel, living in any place, let the men of that place give him help with offerings of silver and gold and goods and beasts, in addition to the offering freely given for the house of God in Jerusalem.

    5Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 25:8-9
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    70%

    8And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.

    9Now of the group of Asaph, the first name to come out was Joseph; the second Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve?

  • Josh 21:9
    69%

    9From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:

  • Obad 1:11
    69%

    11Because you were there watching when men from other lands took away his goods, and strange men came into his doors, and put the fate of Jerusalem to the decision of chance; you were like one of them.

  • Neh 10:34
    69%

    34And 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;

  • 1 Chr 9:34
    69%

    34These were heads of families of the Levites in their generations, chief men; they were living at Jerusalem.

  • Josh 21:4
    69%

    4And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

  • 1 Chr 8:28
    69%

    28These were heads of families in their generations; chief men: these were living in Jerusalem.

  • Neh 13:11
    69%

    11Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.

  • Josh 18:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5And let them make division of it into seven parts: let Judah keep inside his limit on the south, and let the children of Joseph keep inside their limit on the north.

    6And you are to have the land marked out in seven parts, and come back to me with the record; and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord our God.

  • Ezra 10:7-9
    3 verses
    69%

    7And they made a public statement through all Judah and Jerusalem, to all those who had come back, that they were to come together to Jerusalem;

    8And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the responsible men, all his goods would be put under the curse, and he himself would be cut off from the meeting of the people who had come back.

    9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear because of this business and because of the great rain.

  • 2 Chr 31:4
    69%

    4In addition, he gave orders to the people of Jerusalem to give to the priests and Levites that part which was theirs by right, so that they might be strong in keeping the law of the Lord.

  • Neh 11:36
    69%

    36And of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah were joined to Benjamin.

  • Ezra 9:1
    68%

    1Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

  • 2 Chr 19:8
    68%

    8Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 24:31
    68%

    31Selection was made of these in the same way as of their brothers the sons of Aaron, David the king being present, with Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites; the families of the chief in the same way as those of his younger brother.

  • Josh 12:10
    68%

    10The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

  • 2 Chr 31:19
    68%

    19And as for the sons of Aaron, the priests, living in the country on the outskirts of their towns, every different town there were men, marked out by name, to give their part of the goods to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed among the Levites.

  • 2 Chr 23:5
    68%

    5And a third are to be stationed at the king's house; and a third at the doorway of the horses: while all the people are waiting in the open spaces round the house of the Lord.

  • Zech 14:11
    68%

    11And there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will be living without fear of danger.

  • Josh 18:10
    68%

    10And 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.

  • Judg 20:9
    68%

    9But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;

  • Isa 34:17
    68%

    17And he has given them their heritage, and by his hand it has been measured out to them: it will be theirs for ever, their resting-place from generation to generation.

  • 2 Chr 23:2
    68%

    2And they went through Judah, getting together the Levites and the heads of families in Israel from all the towns of Judah, and they came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    68%

    7And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

  • Neh 10:14
    68%

    14The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

  • Neh 12:40
    68%

    40So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:

  • Ezra 7:15
    67%

    15And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem,

  • 1 Chr 11:4
    67%

    4Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there.