Neh 11:1, Psa 46:4, 48:1, 8, Isa 48:2, Hos 11:12, Zec 8:3, Heb 12:22 | ESV | STEP | Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem . And the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem the holy city , while nine out of ten remained in the other towns .

l[See ver. 1 above]

m Ps. 87:5; Isa. 2:2; Mic. 4:1

n[Mic. 3:11]

p[ch. 7:13]

rSee ch. 2:10

tSee Isa. 2:3

vSee Gal. 4:26

Nehemiah 11:1

The Leaders in Jerusalem

1 Now the leaders of the people ^alived in Jerusalem. And the rest of the people ^bcast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem ^cthe holy city, while nine out of ten ^{▼▼Hebrew nine hands} remained in the other towns.

Psalms 46:4

4 There is ^ea river whose streams make glad ^fthe city of God,
the holy ^ghabitation of the Most High.

Psalms 48:1

Zion, the City of Our God

A Song. A Psalm of ^hthe Sons of Korah.

1 ⁱGreat is the Lord and greatly to be praised
in ^jthe city of our God!
His ^kholy mountain,

Psalms 48:8

8 As we have heard, so have we seen
in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in ^lthe city of our God,
which God will ^mestablish forever. Selah

Isaiah 48:2

2 For they call themselves after the holy city,
ⁿand stay themselves on the God of Israel;
the Lord of hosts is his name.

Hosea 11:12

12 ^{▼▼Ch 12:1 in Hebrew} Ephraim ^phas surrounded me with lies,
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.

Zechariah 8:3

3 Thus says the Lord: ^qI have returned to Zion and ^rwill dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, ^sand Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, ^tand the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.

Hebrews 12:22

22 But you have come to ^uMount Zion and to the city of the living God, ^vthe heavenly Jerusalem, and to ^winnumerable angels in festal gathering,