Nehemiah 11:1
"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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- Isaiah 48:2
"For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 52:1
"Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean."
Read in chapter → - Nehemiah 10:34
"And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:"
Read in chapter → - Nehemiah 11:18
"All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 4:5
"Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 122:5
"For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David."
Read in chapter → - Acts 1:24
"And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,"
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 17:8
"If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;"
Read in chapter → - Nehemiah 7:4
"Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded."
Read in chapter → - Joshua 18:10
"And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions."
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