October 8, 2026
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Reading along with us in Nehemiah and 1 Peter? Here’s today’s reading:
Nehemiah 11 (NIV)
The New Residents of Jerusalem
1 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, the holy city, while the remaining nine were to stay in their own towns. 2 The people commended all who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.…..Continue Reading
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Rebuilding the population of Jerusalem I am sure was a challenge. It was a partially rebuilt town that had been virtually vacant for so many years so it could not have been all that appealing but Nehemiah realized the importance of having more people live there for this to really work. You would certainly need the leaders, priests, and existing structures they had reestablished but then any good town needs people so they went to work on bringing people back to Jerusalem, a physical representation of restoration with His people coming back to Him.
People are chosen to occupy Jerusalem so people could be benefitted by what had been done and the city could be protected. It is neat how the Bible identifies the people who left their places outside the city to be there.
Nehemiah 11
Nehemiah 11
Psalm 33; Nehemiah 11
Nehemiah 10 & 11
1 Peter 3
Nehemiah 11
The people do all the things in all the places.