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Ezra 8:28

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8:28 Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

Ezra 9:4-5

Context
9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe 1  gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. 2  Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.

9:5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, 3  with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God.

1 tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”

2 tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

3 tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.



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