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Judith 4:11

11 Every man and woman of Israel, including the little children and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell prostrate before the temple, cast ashes upon their heads, and spread out their sackcloth before the Lord. They put sackcloth around the altar. (WEB)

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1 Maccabees 3:46–48

46 They gathered themselves together, and came to Mizpeh, near Jerusalem; for in Mizpeh there used to be a place of prayer for Israel. (WEB) 47 They fasted that day, put on sackcloth, put ashes on their heads, tore their clothes, (WEB) 48 and opened the book of the law, to learn ab… (WEB)

Judith 4:14–15

14 And Joakim the high priest, and all the priests who stood before the Lord, and those who ministered to the Lord, had their loins dressed in sackcloth and offered the continual burnt offering, the vows, and the free gifts of the people. (WEB) 15 They had ashes on their… (WEB)

1 Maccabees 4:38–40

38 They saw the sanctuary laid desolate, the altar profaned, the gates burned up, shrubs growing in the courts as in a forest or as on one of the mountains, and the priests’ chambers pulled down; (WEB) 39 and they tore their clothes, made great lamentation, put ashes upon… (WEB)

Judges 20:25–27

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Nehemiah 9:1–2

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Jonah 3:5–7

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Esther 4:2–4

2 But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate. 3 In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and…

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