Nehemiah 11:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the rulers of the people dwelt in Ierusalem: the other people also cast lottes, to bring one out of ten to dwel in Ierusalem the holy citie, and nine partes to be in the cities.

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  • Isa 48:2 : 2 For they are called of the holy citie, & staie themselues vpon the God of Israel, whose Name is the Lord of hostes.
  • Neh 11:18 : 18 All the Leuites in the holy citie were two hundreth foure score and foure.
  • Neh 10:34 : 34 We cast also lottes for the offering of the wood, euen the Priestes, the Leuites and the people to bring it into the house of our God, by the house of our fathers, yeerely at the times appointed, to burne it vpon the altar of the Lorde our God, as it is written in the Lawe,
  • Isa 52:1 : 1 Arise, arise: put on thy strength, O Zion: put on thy garments of thy beautie, O Ierusalem, the holy citie: for hencefoorth there shall no more come into thee the vncircumcised and the vncleane.
  • Matt 4:5 : 5 Then the deuil tooke him vp into the holy Citie, and set him on a pinacle of the temple,
  • Matt 27:53 : 53 And came out of the graues after his resurrection, and went into the holy citie, and appeared vnto many.
  • Acts 1:24 : 24 And they praied, saying, Thou Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shewe whether of these two thou hast chosen,
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If there rise a matter too harde for thee in iudgemet betweene blood & blood, betweene plea and plea, betweene plague and plague, in the matters of controuersie within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and goe vp vnto the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse, 9 And thou shalt come vnto the Priestes of the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shall be in those daies, and aske, and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement,
  • Josh 18:10 : 10 Then Ioshua cast lottes for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Ioshua deuided the land vnto the children of Israel, according to their portions:
  • Judg 20:9-9 : 9 But now this is that thing which we will do to Gibeah: we wil goe vp by lot against it, 10 And we wil take ten men of the hundreth throughout al the tribes of Israel, & an hundreth of the thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand to bring vitaile for the people that they may do (when they come to Gibeah of Beniamin) according to all the villeny, that it hath done in Israel.
  • 1 Chr 26:13 : 13 And they cast lottes both small and great for the house of their fathers, for euery gate.
  • Neh 7:4-5 : 4 Nowe the citie was large and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not buylded. 5 And my God put into mine heart, and I gathered the princes, and the rulers, and the people, to count their genealogies: and I found a booke of the genealogie of them, which came vp at the first, and found written therein,
  • Ps 122:5 : 5 For there are thrones set for iudgement, euen the thrones of the house of Dauid.
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lappe: but the whole disposition thereof is of the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 11:2-4
    3 verses
    85%

    2And the people thanked all the men that were willing to dwell in Ierusalem.

    3These now are the chiefe of the prouince, that dwelt in Ierusalem, but in the cities of Iudah, euery one dwelt in his owne possession in their cities of Israel, the Priestes and the Leuites, and the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruants.

    4And in Ierusalem dwelt certaine of the children of Iudah, and of the children of Beniamin. Of the sonnes of Iudah, Athaiah, the sonne of Vziiah, the sonne of Zechariah, the sonne of Amariah, the sonne of Shephatiah, the sonne of Mahaleel, of the sonnes of Perez,

  • 1 Chr 9:2-3
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    74%

    2And the chiefe inhabitants that dwelt in their owne possessions, and in their owne cities, euen Israel the Priestes, the Leuites, and the Nethinims.

    3And in Ierusalem dwelt of the children of Iudah, and of the children of Beniamin, & of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh.

  • Neh 11:20
    74%

    20And the residue of Israel, of the Priests, and of the Leuites dwelt in al the cities of Iudah, euery one in his inheritance.

  • Ezra 2:70
    73%

    70So the Priests and the Leuites, and a certeine of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

  • Neh 7:4
    71%

    4Nowe the citie was large and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not buylded.

  • Ezra 3:1
    71%

    1And when the seuenth moneth was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities, the people assembled themselues as one man vnto Ierusalem.

  • 1 Chr 26:13-14
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    71%

    13And they cast lottes both small and great for the house of their fathers, for euery gate.

    14And the lot on the East side fel to Shelemiah: then they cast lottes for Zechariah his sonne a wise couseller, & his lot came out Northward:

  • 1 Chr 24:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5Thus they distributed them by lot the one from the other, and so the rulers of the Sanctuarie and the rulers of the house of God were of the sonnes of Eleazar and of the sonnes of Ithamar.

    6And Shemaiah the sonne of Nethaneel the scribe of the Leuites, wrote them before ye King and the princes, and Zadok the Priest, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar, and before ye chiefe fathers of the Priests and of the Leuites, one familie being reserued for Eleazar, and another reserued for Ithamar.

    7And the first lot fell to Iehoiarib, and the second to Iedaiah,

  • Neh 7:73
    70%

    73And the Priestes, and Leuites, and the porters and the singers and the rest of the people and the Nethinims, and all Israel dwelt in their cities: and when the seuenth moneth came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

  • 1 Chr 6:65
    70%

    65And they gaue by lot out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, these cities, which they called by their names.

  • Ezra 1:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4And euery one that remayneth in any place (where he soiourneth) let the men of his place relieue him with siluer and with golde, and with substance, and with cattel, and with a willing offring, for the house of God that is in Ierusalem.

    5Then the chiefe fathers of Iudah & Beniamin, & the Priests & Leuites rose vp, with al them whose spirit God had raysed to goe vp, to builde the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem.

  • 1 Chr 25:8-9
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    70%

    8And they cast lottes, charge against charge, aswel small as great, the cunning man as the scholer.

    9And the first lot fell to Ioseph which was of Asaph, the second, to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and his sonnes were twelue.

  • Josh 21:9
    69%

    9And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, & out of the tribe of the children of Simeo, these cities which are here named.

  • Obad 1:11
    69%

    11When thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers caried away his substance, and straungers entred into his gates, and cast lots vpon Ierusalem, euen thou wast as one of them.

  • Neh 10:34
    69%

    34We cast also lottes for the offering of the wood, euen the Priestes, the Leuites and the people to bring it into the house of our God, by the house of our fathers, yeerely at the times appointed, to burne it vpon the altar of the Lorde our God, as it is written in the Lawe,

  • 1 Chr 9:34
    69%

    34These were the chiefe fathers of the Leuites according to their generations, and the principall which dwelt at Ierusalem.

  • Josh 21:4
    69%

    4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron ye Priest, which were of the Leuites, had by lot, out of the tribe of Iudah, & out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin thirteene cities.

  • 1 Chr 8:28
    69%

    28These were the chiefe fathers according to their generations, euen princes, which dwelt in Ierusalem.

  • Neh 13:11
    69%

    11Then reproued I the rulers and sayd, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I assembled them, and set them in their place.

  • Josh 18:5-6
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    69%

    5And that they may deuide it vnto them into seuen parts, (Iudah shall abide in his coast at the South, and the house of Ioseph shall stand in their coastes at the North)

    6Ye shall describe the land therefore into seuen partes, and shall bring them hither to me, and I will cast lottes for you here before the Lorde our God.

  • Ezra 10:7-9
    3 verses
    69%

    7And they caused a proclamation to goe throughout Iudah and Ierusalem, vnto all them of the captiuitie, that they should assemble themselues vnto Ierusalem.

    8And whosoeuer woulde not come within three dayes according to the counsel of the Princes & Elders, all his substance should be forfait, & he should be separate from the Congregation of them of the captiuitie.

    9Then all the men of Iudah & Beniamin assembled theselues vnto Ierusalem within three dayes, which was the twentieth day of the ninth moneth, and all the people sate in the streete of the house of God, trembling for this matter, and for the raine.

  • 2 Chr 31:4
    69%

    4He commanded also the people that dwelt in Ierusalem, to giue a part to the Priestes, and Leuites, that they might be encouraged in the Law of the Lord.

  • Neh 11:36
    69%

    36And of the Leuites were diuisions in Iudah and in Beniamin.

  • Ezra 9:1
    68%

    1When as these things were done, the rulers came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the Priestes, and the Leuites are not separated from the people of the lands (as touching their abominations) to wit, of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Iebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

  • 2 Chr 19:8
    68%

    8Moreouer in Ierusalem did Iehoshaphat set of the Leuites, and of the Priests and of the chiefe of the families of Israel, for the iudgement and cause of the Lord: & they returned to Ierusale.

  • 1 Chr 24:31
    68%

    31And these also cast lots with their brethren the sonnes of Aaron before King Dauid, & Zadok and Ahimelech and the chiefe fathers of the Priests, and of the Leuites, euen the chiefe of the families against their yonger brethren.

  • Josh 12:10
    68%

    10The King of Ierusalem, one: the King of Hebron, one:

  • 2 Chr 31:19
    68%

    19Also to the sonnes of Aaron, the Priestes, which were in the fieldes & suburbes of their cities, in euery citie the men that were appointed by names, shoulde giue portions to all the males of the Priestes, and to all the generation of the Leuites.

  • 2 Chr 23:5
    68%

    5And another third part towarde the Kings house, and another thirde part at the gate of the foundation, & al the people shalbe in the courts of the house of the Lord.

  • Zech 14:11
    68%

    11And men shall dwell in it, and there shall bee no more destruction, but Ierusalem shall bee safely inhabited.

  • Josh 18:10
    68%

    10Then Ioshua cast lottes for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Ioshua deuided the land vnto the children of Israel, according to their portions:

  • Judg 20:9
    68%

    9But now this is that thing which we will do to Gibeah: we wil goe vp by lot against it,

  • Isa 34:17
    68%

    17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath deuided it vnto them by line: they shal possesse it for euer: from generation to generation shall they dwell in it.

  • 2 Chr 23:2
    68%

    2And they went about in Iudah, & gathered the Leuites out of all the cities of Iudah, and the chiefe fathers of Israel: & they came to Ierusale.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    68%

    7And Dauid dwelt in the tower: therefore they called it the citie of Dauid.

  • Neh 10:14
    68%

    14The chiefe of the people were Parosh, Pahath Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

  • Neh 12:40
    68%

    40So stood the two companies (of them that gaue thankes) in the house of God, and I and the halfe of the rulers with me.

  • Ezra 7:15
    67%

    15And to carry the siluer and the gold, which the King & his cousellers willingly offer vnto the God of Israel (whose habitation is in Ierusalem)

  • 1 Chr 11:4
    67%

    4And Dauid and all Israel went to Ierusalem, which is Iebus, where were the Iebusites, the inhabitants of the land.