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Ezra 8:19-21
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Ezra 8:19-21
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
19 also Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah of the descendants of Merari, with his kin and their sons, twenty; 20 besides two hundred and twenty of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.
Fasting and Prayer for Protection
21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might deny ourselves[a] before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.
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- Ezra 8:21 Or might fast
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
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