Nov 23: Neh 11 | Amos 3 | 1 Tim 6

Reading 1 - Neh 11:1,2

"Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the remaining nine were to stay in their own towns. The people commended all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem" (Neh 11:1,2).

When the exiles returned to the Promised Land, living in Jerusalem was not an attractive prospect b