Nehemiah 9:1

New American Bible - revised edition

On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites gathered together while fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:2

On the third day a man came from the field of battle, one of Saul’s people, with his garments torn and his head covered with dirt. Going to David, he fell to the ground in homage.

2 Chronicles 20:3

Frightened, Jehoshaphat resolved to consult the Lord. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

2 Chronicles 7:10

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he dismissed the people to their tents, rejoicing and glad of heart because of all the blessings the Lord had given to David, to Solomon, and to his people Israel.

Ezra 8:21

Then I proclaimed a fast, there by the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.

Ezra 8:23

So we fasted, seeking this from our God, and it was granted.

Nehemiah 8:2

On the first day of the seventh month, therefore, Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, which consisted of men, women, and those children old enough to understand.

Job 2:12

But when, at a distance, they lifted up their eyes and did not recognize him, they began to weep aloud; they tore their cloaks and threw dust into the air over their heads.

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Lord, the God of hosts, called For weeping and mourning, for shaving the head and wearing sackcloth.

Joel 2:12

Yet even now—oracle of the Lord— return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

Leviticus 23:34

Tell the Israelites: The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Lord’s feast of Booths, which shall continue for seven days.

Leviticus 23:39

On the fifteenth day, then, of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord for a whole week. The first and the eighth day shall be days of rest.

Joshua 7:6

Joshua, together with the elders of Israel, tore their garments and fell face down before the ark of the Lord until evening; and they threw dust on their heads.

Revelation 11:3

I will commission my two witnesses to prophesy for those twelve hundred and sixty days, wearing sackcloth.”

Judges 20:26

So the entire Israelite army went up and entered Bethel, where they sat weeping before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and communion offerings before the Lord.

1 Samuel 4:12

A Benjaminite fled from the battlefield and reached Shiloh that same day, with his clothes torn and his head covered with dirt.

1 Samuel 7:6

When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out on the ground before the Lord, and they fasted that day, saying, “We have sinned against the Lord.” It was at Mizpah that Samuel began to judge the Israelites. Rout of the Philistines.