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14 Consecrate a fast;
    call a solemn assembly.
Gather the elders
    and all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
    and cry out to the Lord.(A)

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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 Blow the trumpet in Zion;
    consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;(A)
16     gather the people.
Consecrate the congregation;
    assemble the aged;
gather the children,
    even infants at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
    and the bride her canopy.(B)

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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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Jehoshaphat was afraid; he set himself to seek the Lord and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.(A) Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the towns of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

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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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Humans and animals shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways and from the violence that is in their hands.(A)

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

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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 “You stand assembled today, all of you, before the Lord your God—the leaders of your tribes,[a] your elders, and your officials, all the men of Israel, 11 your children, your women, and the aliens who are in your camp, both those who cut your wood and those who draw your water(A)

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  1. 29.10 Gk Syr: Heb your leaders, your tribes

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 Seven days you shall present the Lord’s offerings by fire;[a] on the eighth day you shall observe a holy convocation and present the Lord’s offerings by fire;[b] it is a solemn assembly; you shall not work at your occupations.(A)

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  1. 23.36 Or the Lord’s gifts
  2. 23.36 Or the Lord’s gifts

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 those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.(A) They stood up in their place and read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth part of the day, and for another fourth they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God.(B)

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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 And day by day, from the first day to the last day, Ezra[a] read from the book of the law of God. They kept the festival seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.(A)

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  1. 8.18 Heb he

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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