Nehemiah 11:1

WEB

¹The 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.

KJV

¹And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

BSB

¹Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine ^[+] were to dwell in their own towns.

FBV

¹The leaders of the people were already living in Jerusalem. The rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine would stay in their own cities.

Extra References

Isaiah 48:2

²for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of Armies is his name.

Isaiah 52:1

¹Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.

Nehemiah 11:18

¹⁸All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.

Nehemiah 10:34

³⁴We, the priests, the Levites, and the people, cast lots 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 LORD our God’s altar, as it is written in the law;

Matthew 4:5

⁵Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

1 Chronicles 26:13

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

Acts 1:24

²⁴They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen

Psalms 122:5

⁵For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.

Joshua 18:10

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

Matthew 27:53

⁵³and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.