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Nehemiah 9:2

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the seed: Nehemiah 13:3, Nehemiah 13:30; Ezra 9:2, Ezra 10:11

strangers: Heb. strange children, Psalms 144:7, Psalms 144:11; Isaiah 2:6; Hosea 5:7

confessed: Nehemiah 1:6; Leviticus 26:39-40; Ezra 9:6-7, Ezra 9:15; Psalms 106:6-7; Daniel 9:3-10, Daniel 9:20; 1 John 1:7-9

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