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Nehemiah 8:9

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Nehemiah: Nehemiah 7:65, Nehemiah 7:70, Nehemiah 10:1; Ezra 2:63

Tirshatha: or, governor

the Levites: Nehemiah 8:7-8; 2 Chronicles 15:3, 2 Chronicles 30:22, 2 Chronicles 35:3; Hosea 4:6

This day: Nehemiah 8:2; Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 29:1-6

mourn not: Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14-15, Deuteronomy 26:14; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Isaiah 61:3; Malachi 2:13

all the people: 2 Kings 22:11, 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 34:19, 2 Chronicles 34:21; Romans 3:20, Romans 7:9; 2 Corinthians 7:9-11

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