14 (A)Consecrate a fast,
Call (B)a sacred assembly;
Gather the elders
And (C)all the inhabitants of the land
Into the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord.

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14 Declare a holy fast;(A)
    call a sacred assembly.
Summon the elders
    and all who live in the land(B)
to the house of the Lord your God,
    and cry out(C) to the Lord.(D)

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15 (A)Blow the [a]trumpet in Zion,
(B)Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
16 Gather the people,
(C)Sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and nursing babes;
(D)Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber,
And the bride from her dressing room.

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  1. Joel 2:15 ram’s horn

15 Blow the trumpet(A) in Zion,(B)
    declare a holy fast,(C)
    call a sacred assembly.(D)
16 Gather the people,
    consecrate(E) the assembly;
bring together the elders,(F)
    gather the children,
    those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom(G) leave his room
    and the bride her chamber.

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And Jehoshaphat feared, and set [a]himself to (A)seek the Lord, and (B)proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. So Judah gathered together to ask (C)help from the Lord; and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 20:3 Lit. his face

Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast(A) for all Judah. The people of Judah(B) came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.

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But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, (A)let every one turn from his evil way and from (B)the violence that is in his hands.

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But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call(A) urgently on God. Let them give up(B) their evil ways(C) and their violence.(D)

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13 Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the Lord.

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13 All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the Lord.

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10 “All of you stand today before the Lord your God: your leaders and your tribes and your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from (A)the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water—

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10 All of you are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God—your leaders and chief men, your elders and officials, and all the other men of Israel, 11 together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water.(A)

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36 For seven days you shall offer an (A)offering made by fire to the Lord. (B)On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a (C)sacred[a] assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it.

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  1. Leviticus 23:36 solemn

36 For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly(A) and present a food offering to the Lord.(B) It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

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Then (A)those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and (B)confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. And they stood up in their place and (C)read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for one-fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God.

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Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners.(A) They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.(B) They stood where they were and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day, and spent another quarter in confession and in worshiping the Lord their God.

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18 Also (A)day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast (B)seven days; and on the (C)eighth day there was a sacred assembly, according to the prescribed manner.

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18 Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read(A) from the Book of the Law(B) of God. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation,(C) there was an assembly.(D)

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