9On the 24th day of the same month the people of Israel assembled to fast in order to show sorrow for their sins. They had already separated themselves from all foreigners. They wore sackcloth and put dust on their heads as signs of grief. Then they stood and began to confess the sins that they and their ancestors had committed.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.

NLTNew Living Translation

On October 31 the people assembled again, and this time they fasted and dressed in burlap and sprinkled dust on their heads.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites gathered in fasting, in sackcloths, and with soil on them.

KJV 1900King James Version

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

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