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1 The leaders of the people were living in Jerusalem, the holy city. A tenth of the people from the other towns of Judah and Benjamin were chosen by sacred lots to live there, too, while the rest stayed where they were. 2 And the people commended everyone who volunteered to resettle in Jerusalem. Nehemiah 11:1-2, New Living Translation. Copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation.
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