National Confession of Sin

9 On the twenty-fourth day of this month^(A) the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.^{(B) 2} Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners,^(C) and they stood^(D) and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.^{(E) 3} While they stood in their places,^(F) they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day and spent another fourth of the day^(G) in confession^(H) and worship of the Lord their God. ⁴ Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the raised platform built for the Levites^(I) and cried out loudly to the Lord their God. ⁵ Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah^(J)—said, “Stand up. Blessed be the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting.”^(K)