Ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem; that they might exactly know their own strength, and the number of their people, and so lay the burdens more equally upon them, and make sufficient provisions for them. The houses which stood upon or without the walls of their city, and so gave their enemies any advantage against them, and hindered the searching or fortifying the walls and city.
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Isaiah 22:10
10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.