Verse 1
Nehemiah 11:1
English Revised Version
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And the princes of the people dwelt 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּשְׁב֥וּ שָׂרֵֽי הָ/עָ֖ם בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וּ/שְׁאָ֣ר הָ֠/עָם הִפִּ֨ילוּ גוֹרָל֜וֹת לְ/הָבִ֣יא אֶחָ֣ד מִן הָ/עֲשָׂרָ֗ה לָ/שֶׁ֨בֶת֙ בִּֽ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ עִ֣יר הַ/קֹּ֔דֶשׁ וְ/תֵ֥שַׁע הַ/יָּד֖וֹת בֶּ/עָרִֽים
English Translation
And the leaders of the people dwelled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one from ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine tenths in the cities.
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Chapter 11 Context
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And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring on...
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Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt e...
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And in Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the chi...
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and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son...
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And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah,...
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And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
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And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the ci...
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Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
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Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of...
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and their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son...
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and his brethren, chiefs of fathers’ houses, two hundred forty and two: and Amashsai the son of Azar...
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and their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdie...
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And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son o...
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and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward busin...
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and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the th...
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Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were an hundr...
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And the residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one i...
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But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.
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The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the so...
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For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers,...
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And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s ha...
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And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the...
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and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet;
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and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the towns thereof;
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and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof;
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and in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth;
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Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the towns thereof. S...
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The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the t...
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at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah;
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Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim;
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Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat;
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Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
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And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin.
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