Nehemiah 9:1-3

BRG Bible

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

²And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

³And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.

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Nehemiah 9:1-3

King James Version

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

²And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

³And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.

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尼希米記 9:1-3

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

以色列人認罪禱告

9 這月二十四日，以色列人聚集禁食。他們身披麻衣，頭撒塵土。 ²以色列人與其他外族人隔離，站著承認自己的罪惡和祖先的過犯。 ³他們站在自己的地方，宣讀他們上帝耶和華的律法書，長達三個小時^[a]。他們又用了三個小時認罪，敬拜他們的上帝耶和華。

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Footnotes

9·3 「三個小時」希伯來文是「一天的四分之一」。

Nehemiah 9:1-3

New International Version

The Israelites Confess Their Sins

9 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.^(A) ²Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners.^(B) They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.^(C) ³They 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.