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For they call themselves after the holy city,
    (A)and stay themselves on the God of Israel;
    the Lord of hosts is his name.

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you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city(A)
    and claim to rely(B) on the God of Israel—
    the Lord Almighty is his name:(C)

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The Leaders in Jerusalem

11 Now the leaders of the people (A)lived in Jerusalem. And the rest of the people (B)cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem (C)the holy city, while nine out of ten[a] remained in the other towns.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 11:1 Hebrew nine hands

The New Residents of Jerusalem(A)

11 Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem. The rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten of them to live in Jerusalem,(B) the holy city,(C) while the remaining nine were to stay in their own towns.(D)

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