Discovery BoxNehemiah 9:1-2 
ContextThe People Acknowledge Their Sin before God
9:1 On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust. 9:2 Those truly of Israelite descent 1 separated from all the foreigners, 2 standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. 3
1 tn Heb “the seed of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “sons of a foreigner.”
3 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 16, 23, 32, 34, 36).
