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Ezra.8.21

Ezra 8:21

KJV

¶ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Fasting for Protection

Cross References

Leviticus 16:29
KJV GOD
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

The Day of Atonement

An Annual Atonement
Leviticus 16:31
KJV GOD
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

The Day of Atonement

An Annual Atonement
Leviticus 23:29
KJV GOD
For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

The Day of Atonement

1 Samuel 7:6
KJV
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, 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 children of Israel in Mizpeh.

Samuel Subdues the Philistines

Deliverance from the Philistines
2 Chronicles 20:3
KJV
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

War against Jehoshaphat

Ezra 8:15
KJV
¶ And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

Ezra Sends for the Levites

Ezra 8:31
KJV
¶ Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

Priests to Guard the Offerings

Psalm 107:7
KJV
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

Thanksgiving for Deliverance

Isaiah 58:3
KJV GOD
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

True Fasts and Sabbaths

Observances of Fasts
Isaiah 58:5
KJV GOD
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?

True Fasts and Sabbaths

Observances of Fasts
Jonah 3:7
KJV
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

The Ninevites Repent