2 Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Nehemiah 9:2
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1 Esdras 8:68–70
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Ezra 6:20–22
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1 Esdras 9:8–10
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1 Esdras 9:35–37
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Ezra 9:1–3
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