Nehemiah 11:1-3

Christian Standard Bible

Resettling Jerusalem

11 Now the leaders of the people stayed in Jerusalem,^(A) and the rest of the people cast lots^(B) for one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city,^(C) while the other nine-tenths remained in their towns.^{(D) 2} The people blessed all the men who volunteered^(E) to live in Jerusalem.

³ These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem^(F) (but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their towns^(G)—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants^(H)—