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Nehemiah 11:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Nehemiah 11:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
III. Dedication of the Wall; Other Reforms
Chapter 11
Resettlement of Jerusalem. 1 [a](A)The administrators took up residence in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one man in ten to reside in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine would remain in the other cities.
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- 11:1–19 This list of the family heads who lived in Jerusalem at the time of Nehemiah is best read after Neh 7:72. It parallels at many points the list of early settlers in 1 Chr 9:2–17.
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