Nehemiah 9:1-5

The People of Israel Confess Their Sin

¹ Now on the twenty-fourth day of _v this month the people of Israel were assembled _w with fasting _x and in sackcloth, _y and with earth on their heads. ² _z And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. ³ _a And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day; for another quarter of it they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God. ⁴ On the stairs of the Levites stood _b Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God. ⁵ Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. _c Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

1. Cross References
   Nehemiah 8:2
   So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Samuel 7:6
   So they gathered at Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before the Lord and fasted on that day and said there, "We have sinned against the Lord." And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Samuel 3:31
   Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier.
   
4. Cross References
   Joshua 7:6
   Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
   
5. Cross References
   Nehemiah 10:28
   The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding.
   Nehemiah 13:3
   As soon as the people heard the law, they separated from Israel all those of foreign descent.
   Nehemiah 13:30
   Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work.
   Ezra 6:21
   It was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and also by every one who had joined them and separated himself from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.
   Ezra 10:11
   Now then make confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.
   
6. Cross References
   Nehemiah 8:7 - 8
   Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places.
   
7. Cross References
   Nehemiah 8:7
   Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places.
   
8. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 29:13
   And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.