Neh.9.2

Nehemiah 9:2

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And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

The People Confess Their Sins

The People Confess Their Sin

Cross References

1 Kings 8:47

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Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

Ezra 6:21

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And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat,

The Returned Exiles Keep the Passover

Ezra 9:1

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Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Intermarriage with Neighboring Peoples

Ezra 10:11

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Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

The People’s Confession of Sin

Nehemiah 10:28

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¶ And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

The Vows of the Covenant

Nehemiah 13:3

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Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

Foreigners Excluded

Psalm 106:6

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We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good

Proverbs 28:13

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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

The Boldness of the Righteous

Jeremiah 3:13

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Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.

A Call to Repentance

Jeremiah 14:20

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We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.