Nehemiah 9:1

Modern English Version

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites were assembled with fasting and sackcloth, and there was dirt on them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:2

On the third day, behold, a man came from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt upon his head. As he approached David, he fell to the ground prostrate.

2 Chronicles 20:3

Then Jehoshaphat was fearful and set himself to seek the Lord, and he called for a fast throughout all Judah.

2 Chronicles 7:10

Then on the twenty-third day of the seventh month Solomon sent the people away to their homes. They were joyful and good of heart because of what the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and His people Israel.

Ezra 8:21

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a good route for us, our little ones, and all our substance.

Ezra 8:23

So we fasted and sought our God for this, and He was moved by our prayers.

Nehemiah 8:2

On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the congregation of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding.

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather all the Jews who can be found in Susa, then fast for me. Stop eating and drinking for three days, night or day. I and my young women will fast likewise. Only then would I dare go to the king since it is not allowed by law, and if I perish, I perish.”

Esther 4:3

In each and every province where the king’s command and his decree came there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Job 2:12

They saw him from a distance and did not recognize him, so they wept aloud. Each one tore his robe, and they tossed dust into the air above their heads.

Isaiah 22:12

In that day the Lord God of Hosts called you to weeping and mourning, and to tear your hair and wear sackcloth.

Joel 2:12

Yet even now, declares the Lord, return to Me with all your heart, and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning.

Leviticus 23:34

Speak to the Israelites, saying: The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord.

Leviticus 23:39

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall keep a feast to the Lord for seven days. On the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua ripped his clothes. He and the Israelite elders fell on their faces to the ground in front of the ark of the Lord until evening and threw dirt upon their heads.

Revelation 11:3

And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Judges 20:26

Then all the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel where they wept and sat before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

1 Samuel 4:12

There ran a man of Benjamin from the battle line, and he came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn and with dust upon his head.

1 Samuel 7:6

They gathered together to Mizpah. And they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. And they fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel judged the Israelites in Mizpah.