OET-RV GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
OET-RV NEH Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C12 C13
OET-RV NEH 11 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35 V36
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11 The people’s leaders lived in Yerushalem (Jerusalem), but the rest of the people drew straws to select one out of ten families to reside in Yerushalem the holy city—the other nine settled in the towns, 2 then the people blessed the ones who’d freely offered to live there in Yerushalem. 3 In the towns in Yehudah (Judah), everyone lived on their own property. That included the Israelis, the priests and Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Shelomoh’s (Solomon’s) servants. The provincial officials lived in Yerushalem,[ref] 4 as well as some of Yehudah’s and Benyamin’s descendants.
Yehudah’s descendants in Yerushalem included:
6 Altogether 468 strong men who were Perets’ descendants lived in Yerushalem.
7 Benyamin’s descendants in Yerushalem included:
A total of 928. 9 Zikri’s son Yoel (Joel) was their overseer in the city, and Senuah’s son Yehudah (Judah) was his second-in-command.
10 The priests in Yerushalem included:
Haggedolim’s son Zavdiyel was their overseer.
15 The Levites in Yerushalem (Jerusalem) included:
18 The total number of Levites in the sacred city were 284.
19 The gatekeepers in Yerushalem (Jerusalem) included:
A total of 172.
20 The rest of Yisrael (Israel) and the other priests and Levites, all lived their ancestral towns across Yehudah (Judah). 21 The temple workers lived on Ofel hill, and Tsiha and Gishpa supervised them.
22 The overseer of the Levites in Yerushalem was Uzi (son of Bani, son of Hashavyah, son of Matanyah, son of Mika)—a descendant of Asaf’s sons who were the temple singers 23 because the Persian king had ordered that the singers should have daily provisions supplied.
24 Petahyah (son of Mesheyzavel, from the sons of Zerah, the son of Yehudah) was the intermediary with the king for any matter that the people raised.
25 Most of Yehudah’s (Judah’s) descendants settled in the villages with their fields nearby: in Kiryat-Arba and the surrounding villages, in Divon and the surrounding villages, and in Yekavtse’el and the surrounding villages, 26 in Yeshua, in Moladah, and in Beyt-Pelet, 27 in Hatsar-Shual, and in Be’er-Sheva (Beersheba) and the surrounding villages, 28 in Tsiklag, and in Mekonah and the surrounding villages, 29 in Eyn-Rimon, in Tsor’ah, and in Yarmut, 30 in Zanoah and Adulam and their villages, in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Be’er-Sheva all the way to the Hinom valley.
31 Benyamin’s descendants settled in Geva, Mikmas, Ayah, and Beyt-El (Bethel) and its villages, 32 in Anatot, Nov, and Anayah, 33 in Hatsor, Ramah, and Gitayim, 34 in Hadid, Tsevoim, and Nevalat, 35 in Lod, Ono, and in the Craftsmen’s valley. 36 Also some Levites previously connected with Yehudah (Judah) settled in Benyamin.
