Nehemiah 11:1 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 11:1

Now 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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

And 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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

To bring one of ten - Artificial enlargements of capitals by forcible transfers of population to them, were not unusual in ancient times. About 500 B.C., Syracuse became a great city in this way. Tradition ascribed the greatness of Rome, in part, to this cause.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Jerusalem was no trading city, and therefore there was no money to be got there by merchandise, as there was in the country by corn and cattle. Note, All seek their own, not the things that are Jesus Christ's, Phil. ii. It is a general and just complaint that most people prefer their own wealth, credit, pleasure, ease, and safety, before the glory of God and the public good.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

That was the proper place for them to reside in, because there were set the thrones of judgment ( Ps. cxxii. 5 ), and thither, in all difficult matters, the people resorted with their last appeals.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ	vai.ye.she.Vu	and they dwelt	H3427 →
שָׂרֵֽי־	sa.rei-	[the] leaders of	H8269 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →
וּשְׁאָ֣ר	u.she.'Ar	and [the] rest of	H7605 →
הָ֠עָם	Ha.'om	the people	H5971 →
הִפִּ֨ילוּ	hi.Pi.lu	they cast	H5307 →
גוֹרָל֜וֹת	go.ra.Lot	lots	H1486 →
לְהָבִ֣יא׀	le.ha.Vi'	to bring	H935 →
אֶחָ֣ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
מִן־	min-	of	H4480 →
הָעֲשָׂרָ֗ה	ha.'a.sa.Rah	the ten	H6235 →
לָשֶׁ֙בֶת֙	la.She.vet	to dwell	H3427 →
בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙	bi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →
עִ֣יר	'ir	[the] city of	H5892 →
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ	ha.Ko.desh	<the> holiness	H6944 →
וְתֵ֥שַׁע	ve.Te.sha'	and nine	H8672 →
הַיָּד֖וֹת	hai.ya.Dot	the hands	H3027 →
בֶּעָרִֽים׃	be.'a.Rim	[were] in the cities	H5892 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
leads to
- Revelation 21:2
  I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 21:27
  But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Isaiah 51:17
  Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men…
- Zechariah 3:4
  So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”
- Isaiah 51:9
  Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the…
Through
Matthew 4:5
Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
leads to
- Matthew 27:53
  After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 4:9
  Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.
Through
Nehemiah 10:34
We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our…
leads to
- Nehemiah 13:31
  I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.

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