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Ezra 8:21
Contemporary English Version

Ezra Asks the People To Go without Eating and To Pray

21 Beside the Ahava River,[a] I[b] asked the people to go without eating[c] and to pray. We humbled ourselves and asked God to bring us and our children safely to Jerusalem with all of our possessions.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.21 River: See the note at 8.15.
  2. 8.21 I: See the note at 8.1.
  3. 8.21 to go without eating: The Jews often went without eating as a way of worshiping God. This is sometimes called “fasting.”
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