Nehemiah 9:1-4

9:1

Now in the twenty
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and fourth
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day
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of this month
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the children
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of Israel
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were assembled
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with fasting
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and with sackclothes
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and earth
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upon them.

9:2

And the seed
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of Israel
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separated
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themselves from all strangers
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and stood
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and confessed
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their sins
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and the iniquities
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of their fathers
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{strangers: Heb. strange children}

9:3

And they stood up
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in their place
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and read
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in the book
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of the law
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of the LORD
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their God
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[one] fourth part
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of the day
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and [another] fourth part
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they confessed
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and worshipped
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the LORD
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their God
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9:4

Then stood up
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upon the stairs
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of the Levites
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Jeshua
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and Bani
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Kadmiel
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Shebaniah
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Bunni
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Sherebiah
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Bani
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[and] Chenani
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and cried
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with a loud
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voice
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unto the LORD
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their God
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{stairs: or, scaffold}