Nehemiah 11:1 Cross References - ISV

¹ Inhabitants of JerusalemThe leaders of the people who lived in Jerusalem, along with the rest of the people, decided to choose one out of ten of them by lot to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, leaving the other nine of them in their towns.

⁸ Deciding Difficult Cases“If a case is too difficult for you to decide with respect to bloodshed, civil claims, assault and battery, or other matters of dispute within your courts, bring it to the place that the LORD your God will choose. ⁹ Present the case to the Levitical priest or the judge at that time. When you have inquired and they have announced the verdict,

¹⁰ Joshua threw lots in Shiloh in the LORD’s presence and divided the land accordingly among the Israelis according to their divisions.

⁹ This is what we’ll do to Gibeah: we’re going to assemble an army by lottery. ¹⁰ We’ll take ten men out of 100 from all of the tribes of Israel. We’ll appoint 100 out of 1,000 and 1,000 out of 10,000 to supply provisions for the army. And when we reach Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, we’ll punish them for all of the stupid things that they’ve done in Israel.”

¹³ assigned by lottery according to their ancestral households, whether large or small alike, for their gate assignments.

⁴ Even though the city was large and spread out, not many people were living there and not many houses had been built. ⁵ So my God gave me the idea to gather together the nobles, the officials, and the people so they could be registered according to their genealogies.
A List of Those who Returned
I found a register of the original inhabitants in which there was recorded

³⁴ We—the priests, the descendants of Levi, and the people—cast lots to determine when to bring the wood offering into the Temple of our God, just as our ancestors’ families were appointed annually to maintain the altar fire of the LORD our God, as recorded in the Law.

¹⁸ All of the descendants of Levi in the holy city numbered 284.

⁵ For thrones are established there for judgment, thrones of the house of David.

³³ The dice is cast into someone’s lap, but the outcome is from the LORD.

² For they name themselves after the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel— the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.

¹ The Redemption of Zion Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, for the uncircumcised and the unclean won’t enter you.

⁵ Then the devil took him to the Holy City and had him stand on the highest point of the Temple.

⁵³ After his resurrection, they came out of their tombs, went into the Holy City, and appeared to many people.

²⁴ Then they prayed, “Lord, you know the hearts of all people. Show us which one of these two men you have chosen