Nehemiah 11:1

World English Bible (2000)

The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities.

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  • Isa 48:2 : 2 (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name):
  • Neh 11:18 : 18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
  • Neh 10:34 : 34 We cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, 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 Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law;
  • Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
  • Matt 4:5 : 5 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
  • Matt 27:53 : 53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
  • Acts 1:24 : 24 They prayed, and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose; 9 and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.
  • Josh 18:10 : 10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
  • Judg 20:9-9 : 9 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against it by lot; 10 and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel."
  • 1 Chr 26:13 : 13 They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.
  • Neh 7:4-5 : 4 Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built. 5 My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:
  • Ps 122:5 : 5 For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David's house.
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh.

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  • Neh 11:2-4
    3 verses
    85%

    2 The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.

    3 Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah lived everyone in his possession in their cities, [to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.

    4 In Jerusalem lived certain of the children of Judah, and of the children 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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    2 Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

    3 In Jerusalem lived of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:

  • Neh 11:20
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    20 The residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.

  • Ezra 2:70
    73%

    70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

  • Neh 7:4
    71%

    4 Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.

  • Ezra 3:1
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    1 When the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 26:13-14
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    71%

    13 They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

    14 The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

  • 1 Chr 24:5-7
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    71%

    5 Thus were they divided impartially by drawing lots; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

    6 Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

    7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

  • Neh 7:73
    70%

    73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, lived in their cities. When the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.

  • 1 Chr 6:65
    70%

    65 They gave by lot 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 cities which are mentioned by name.

  • Ezra 1:4-5
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    70%

    4 Whoever is left, in any place where he lives, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, besides the freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.'"

    5 Then the heads of fathers' [houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up rose up to build the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 25:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

    9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve:

  • Josh 21:9
    69%

    9 They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:

  • Obad 1:11
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    11 In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them.

  • Neh 10:34
    69%

    34 We cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, 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 Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law;

  • 1 Chr 9:34
    69%

    34 These were heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these lived at Jerusalem.

  • Josh 21:4
    69%

    4 The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.

  • 1 Chr 8:28
    69%

    28 These were heads of fathers' [houses] throughout their generations, chief men: these lived in Jerusalem.

  • Neh 13:11
    69%

    11 Then I contended with the rulers, and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

  • Josh 18:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.

    6 You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.

  • Ezra 10:7-9
    3 verses
    69%

    7 They made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;

    8 and that whoever didn't come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.

    9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

  • 2 Chr 31:4
    69%

    4 Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Yahweh.

  • Neh 11:36
    69%

    36 Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah [were joined] to Benjamin.

  • Ezra 9:1
    68%

    1 Now when these things were done, the princes drew near to me, saying, "The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

  • 2 Chr 19:8
    68%

    8 Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed Levites and priests, and of the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh, and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 24:31
    68%

    31 These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers' [houses] of the chief even as those of his younger brother.

  • Josh 12:10
    68%

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

  • 2 Chr 31:19
    68%

    19 Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.

  • 2 Chr 23:5
    68%

    5 A third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation. All the people shall be in the courts of Yahweh's house.

  • Zech 14:11
    68%

    11 Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.

  • Josh 18:10
    68%

    10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

  • Judg 20:9
    68%

    9 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against it by lot;

  • Isa 34:17
    68%

    17 He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

  • 2 Chr 23:2
    68%

    2 They went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' [houses] of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    68%

    7 David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

  • Neh 10:14
    68%

    14 The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

  • Neh 12:40
    68%

    40 So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

  • Ezra 7:15
    67%

    15 and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

  • 1 Chr 11:4
    67%

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