² Then ^(A)those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and ^(B)confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

The Covenant That Was Sealed

^28 (A)Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, ^(B)and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding—