- On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and having dust on their heads.
- Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the wickedness of their fathers.
- 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.
- Standing on the stairs were the Levites--Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani--who called with loud voices to the LORD their God.
- And the Levites--Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah--said: "Stand up and praise the LORD your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting. " "Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
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- 這月二十四日、以色列人聚集禁食、身穿麻衣、頭蒙灰塵。
- 以色列人〔人原文作種類〕就與一切外邦人離絕、站著承認自己的罪惡、和列祖的罪孽。
- 那日的四分之一、站在自己的地方、念耶和華他們 神的律法書.又四分之一認罪、敬拜耶和華他們的 神。
- 耶書亞、巴尼、甲篾、示巴尼、布尼、示利比、巴尼、基拿尼、站在利未人的臺上、大聲哀求耶和華他們的 神。
- 利未人耶書亞、甲篾、巴尼、哈沙尼、示利比、荷第雅、示巴尼、毘他希雅說、你們要站起來稱頌耶和華你們的 神永世無盡.耶和華阿、你榮耀之名、是應當稱頌的、超乎一切稱頌和讚美。
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