Nehemiah 11

New Residents for Jerusalem

1The people's officials lived in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to choose one out of every ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine remained in their own cities.

2The people blessed all those who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

3This is a listing of the heads of the province who lived in Jerusalem.

From the descendants of Judah:

7These are the descendants of Benjamin:

10From the priests:

15From the Levites:

19These are the gatekeepers:

20The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the cities of Judah, each man in his own inheritance.

21The temple servants were dwelling in the Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were supervisors over the temple servants.

22The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the descendants of Asaph, who were the singers for the service of the house of God,

23for they were under a royal command—an order concerning the singers' daily duty.

24Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, from the descendants of Zerah the son of Judah, served as the hand of the king for every matter concerning the people.

25This is the information about the villages with their fields:

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