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Nehemiah 9:2

SinRepentance

1 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.

Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.

4 And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.

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BSB
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
KJV
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
WEB
The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
ASV
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
DARBY
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
BLB
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all the sons of a foreigner, and they stood and confessed concerning their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
ÅB
Og Israels slekt skilte seg fra alle fremmede og sto så fram og bekjente sine synder og sine fedres misgjerninger.
OTB
Israels etterkommere hadde skilt seg fra alle utlendinger, og de sto og bekjente sine synder og fedrenes misgjerninger.
B1930
Og Israels ætt skilte sig fra alle fremmede og stod så frem og bekjente sine synder og sine fedres misgjerninger.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 13:3

    As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.

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  • Daniel 9:3–10

    So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

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  • Ezra 10:11

    Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

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  • Nehemiah 13:30

    Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

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  • Daniel 9:20

    While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

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  • Ezra 9:2

    Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

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  • Hosea 5:7

    They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

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  • 1 John 1:7–9

    But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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