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Read Full Chapter (Nehemiah 9) Nehemiah 9:1 KJV
"Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them."
Nehemiah Chapter 9, Verse 1
Nehemiah 9:1 in Context (Verses 1–4 KJV)
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Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
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And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.*
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And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
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¶ Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.*