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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 11:1

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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11:1-36 The narrative returns to the issue of repopulating the secure city of Jerusalem (see 7:1-5). The list of names roughly parallels the list in 1 Chr 9:2-17. 11:1-2 Sacred lots were probably the Urim and Thummim (10:34; Josh 7:14, 16-18; 14:2).
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