Nehemiah 11:1

The rulers of the people lived in Jerusalem. One out of every ten people was selected by chance to live in Jerusalem, the holy town. The other nine were to go to the other towns.

Nehemiah 11:18

All the Levites in the holy town were two hundred and eighty-four.

Isaiah 48:2

Yet you are proud to say that you are citizens of the holy city and that you depend on Israel's God, whose name is Jehovah of Hosts.

Nehemiah 10:34

And we, the priests and the Levites and the people, made selection, by the decision of Jehovah, of those who were to take the wood offering into the house of God, by families at the regular times, year by year, to be burned on the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is recorded in the law;

Isaiah 52:1

Awake, awake, O Zion, put on your strength. Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again.

Matthew 4:5

Then the Devil took him into the holy city and had him stand on top of the Temple.

Matthew 27:53

[They came out of the tombs after his resurrection.] (Manuscript text unclear.) Many people saw them.

Deuteronomy 17:8-9

If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you should go to the place Jehovah your God chooses.

Joshua 18:10

Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. Then Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

Judges 20:9-10

This is what we will do: We will draw lots and choose some men to attack Gibeah.

1 Chronicles 26:13

Lots were cast for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.

Nehemiah 7:4-5

The town was large and spacious. But the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been built.

Psalm 122:5

The court of justice sits there. It consists of princes who are David's descendants.

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap. But every decision is from Jehovah.

Acts 1:24

They prayed: You O Jehovah, know the hearts of all men. Show us which of these men you choose.

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Summary

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.

One of ten

General references

Bible References

The rulers

Nehemiah 7:4
The town was large and spacious. But the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been built.
Deuteronomy 17:8
If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you should go to the place Jehovah your God chooses.
Psalm 122:5
The court of justice sits there. It consists of princes who are David's descendants.

Cast lots

Joshua 18:10
Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. Then Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
1 Chronicles 26:13
Lots were cast for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap. But every decision is from Jehovah.
Acts 1:24
They prayed: You O Jehovah, know the hearts of all men. Show us which of these men you choose.

One of ten

Judges 20:9
This is what we will do: We will draw lots and choose some men to attack Gibeah.

The holy

Nehemiah 11:18
All the Levites in the holy town were two hundred and eighty-four.
Isaiah 48:2
Yet you are proud to say that you are citizens of the holy city and that you depend on Israel's God, whose name is Jehovah of Hosts.
Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake, O Zion, put on your strength. Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again.
Matthew 4:5
Then the Devil took him into the holy city and had him stand on top of the Temple.
Matthew 27:53
[They came out of the tombs after his resurrection.] (Manuscript text unclear.) Many people saw them.

General references

Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap. But every decision is from Jehovah.
Proverbs 18:18
The cast lot causes contentions to cease and decides between the mighty ones.