Nehemiah 11
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Nehemiah 11:1-4

1Now 1the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people 2cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, 3the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities. 2And the people blessed all the men who 4volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

35Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah 6each lived on his own property in their cities--the 7Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the 89temple servants and the 1011descendants of Solomon’s servants. 4Some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the sons 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 sons of Perez;

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Notes

  1. 1. Nehemiah 11:1 Neh 7:4 ↩
  2. 2. Nehemiah 11:1 Neh 10:34 ↩
  3. 3. Nehemiah 11:1 Neh 11:18; Is 48:2 ↩
  4. 4. Nehemiah 11:2 Judg 5:9 ↩
  5. 5. Nehemiah 11:3 1 Chr 9:2-34 ↩
  6. 6. Nehemiah 11:3 Neh 7:73; 11:20 ↩
  7. 7. Nehemiah 11:3 Lit Israel ↩
  8. 8. Nehemiah 11:3 Heb Nethinim ↩
  9. 9. Nehemiah 11:3 Ezra 2:43 ↩
  10. 10. Nehemiah 11:3 Lit sons ↩
  11. 11. Nehemiah 11:3 Neh 7:57 ↩

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