Neh 9:1-2 | NET2full | STEP | On the twenty - fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled ; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth , their heads covered with dust .

‏ Nehemiah 9:1-2

The People Acknowledge Their Sin before God

1 On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust. 2 Those truly of Israelite descent ^{▼▼tn Heb “the seed of Israel.”} separated from all the foreigners, ^{▼▼tn Heb “sons of a foreigner.”} standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. ^{▼▼tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 16, 23, 32, 34, 36).}