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NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 11
The rulers and the tenth man chosen by lot dwell at Jerusalem, Neh_11:1,2. A catalogue of their names, numbers, and families, Neh_11:3-19. The residue of the people dwell in other cities, Neh_11:20-36.
The rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem, which their very office in some sort obliged them to do. To bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem; that the buildings of the city might be completed, and the honour and safety of it better provided for.