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They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners as they confessed their own sins and the sins of their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/nehemiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/nehemiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The descendants of Israel (Jacob) separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/nehemiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the guilt of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/nehemiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/nehemiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They refused to let foreigners join them, as they met to confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/nehemiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/nehemiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Those who were descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood and confessed their sins as well as the wicked things their ancestors had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/nehemiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The remnant of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners. Then they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/nehemiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/nehemiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/nehemiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/nehemiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/nehemiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/nehemiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/nehemiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the seed of Israel will be separated from all the sons of the stranger, and they will stand and confess over their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/nehemiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger: and they stood, and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the offspring of the sons of Israel were separated from all the sons of foreigners. And they stood up, and they confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/nehemiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all who were of foreign extraction, then stood forward and confessed their sins and the guilty deeds of their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the descendants of Israel separated themselves from all the Gentiles, and stood and confessed their sins and the sins of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the seed of Israel were separated from all the Gentiles, and they stood and were confessing concerning their sins and concerning the sins of their fathers.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/nehemiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/nehemiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=2264" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/9.htm">The People Confess Their Sins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Those of Israelite</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ze·ra‘ (N-msc) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">descent</a> <a href="/hebrew/914.htm" title="914: way·yib·bā·ḏə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To be divided, separate. A primitive root; to divide.">separated themselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kōl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the foreigners,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5236.htm" title="5236: nê·ḵār (N-ms) -- That which is foreign, foreignness. From nakar; foreign, or a foreigner, or heathendom."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: way·ya·‘am·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">and they stood</a> <a href="/hebrew/3034.htm" title="3034: way·yiṯ·wad·dū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To throw, cast. ">and confessed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯê·hem (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">their sins</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: wa·‘ă·wō·nō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-cpc) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">and the iniquities</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of their fathers.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/10-11.htm">Ezra 10:11</a></span><br />Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a></span><br />You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a></span><br />“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a></span><br />For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a></span><br />But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11</a></span><br />Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33-34</a></span><br />They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. / To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/33-16.htm">Exodus 33:16</a></span><br />For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8</a></span><br />Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-2.htm">Deuteronomy 14:2</a></span><br />for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-1.htm">2 Corinthians 7:1</a></span><br />Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Leviticus 11:44-45</a></span><br />For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. / For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a></span><br />Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-23.htm">Joshua 24:23</a></span><br />“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.</p><p class="hdg">the seed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/13-3.htm">Nehemiah 13:3,30</a></b></br> Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-2.htm">Ezra 9:2</a></b></br> For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of <i>those</i> lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/10-11.htm">Ezra 10:11</a></b></br> Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.</p><p class="hdg">strangers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/144-7.htm">Psalm 144:7,11</a></b></br> Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Isaiah 2:6</a></b></br> Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and <i>are</i> soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Hosea 5:7</a></b></br> They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.</p><p class="hdg">confessed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/1-6.htm">Nehemiah 1:6</a></b></br> Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39,40</a></b></br> And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-6.htm">Ezra 9:6,7,15</a></b></br> And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over <i>our</i> head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/1-6.htm">Confess</a> <a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">Confessed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-63.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-61.htm">Descent</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-13.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-25.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-39.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/ezra/9-13.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-9.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-16.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-1.htm">Places</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-14.htm">Publicly</a> <a href="/ezra/8-23.htm">Requesting</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-61.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/ezra/10-11.htm">Separate</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-19.htm">Separated</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-5.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-65.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-7.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-15.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-25.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-16.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-19.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/40-14.htm">Confess</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-3.htm">Confessed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-3.htm">Descent</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-3.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-3.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/job/13-23.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-22.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-3.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-22.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-3.htm">Places</a> <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">Publicly</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-3.htm">Requesting</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-3.htm">Separate</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-28.htm">Separated</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-37.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-3.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-30.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-30.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-3.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-27.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">A solemn fast, and repentance of the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">The Levites make a confession of God's goodness, and their wickedness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Israelites were chosen by God to be a holy nation (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>). This identity is significant as it underscores their unique relationship with God and their responsibility to uphold His laws. The emphasis on descent highlights the continuity of God's promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the importance of maintaining a distinct identity as God's people.<p><b>separated themselves from all the foreigners</b><br>The act of separation reflects a commitment to holiness and obedience to God's commands, such as those found in <a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a>, which warn against intermarriage with foreign nations to prevent idolatry. This separation is not about ethnic superiority but about spiritual purity and dedication to God. Historically, this was a time of reformation and renewal under Nehemiah's leadership, as the Israelites sought to restore their covenant relationship with God after the Babylonian exile.<p><b>and they stood</b><br>Standing is a posture of respect and readiness, often associated with prayer and worship in the Bible (<a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22</a>). It signifies the people's willingness to engage with God and acknowledge His authority. This communal act of standing together also demonstrates unity and collective responsibility among the Israelites as they approach God in confession.<p><b>and confessed their sins</b><br>Confession is a crucial aspect of repentance and restoration with God. By acknowledging their sins, the Israelites were fulfilling the requirements of <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40-42</a>, which calls for confession and humility as a means to restore the covenant relationship. This act of confession is a public acknowledgment of their failure to live according to God's laws and a step towards spiritual renewal.<p><b>and the iniquities of their fathers</b><br>Confessing the sins of their ancestors shows an understanding of corporate responsibility and the generational impact of sin. This reflects the biblical principle found in <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5-6</a>, where the consequences of sin can affect future generations. By acknowledging the iniquities of their fathers, the Israelites demonstrate a desire to break the cycle of disobedience and seek God's mercy and forgiveness, paving the way for a renewed covenant relationship.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of Jacob, also known as Israel, who were God's chosen people. In this context, they are returning exiles in Jerusalem.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreigners.htm">Foreigners</a></b><br>Non-Israelites living among the Israelites. The separation from them signifies a return to covenant faithfulness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/confession_of_sins.htm">Confession of Sins</a></b><br>The act of acknowledging and repenting for personal and ancestral sins, demonstrating humility and a desire for reconciliation with God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where these events take place, significant as the spiritual and political center of Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_iniquities_of_their_fathers.htm">The Iniquities of Their Fathers</a></b><br>Refers to the sins committed by previous generations, acknowledging a collective responsibility and the need for communal repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_separation.htm">The Importance of Separation</a></b><br>The Israelites' separation from foreigners symbolizes a commitment to holiness and obedience to God's commands. Believers today are called to be in the world but not of it, maintaining spiritual distinctiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/confession_and_repentance.htm">Confession and Repentance</a></b><br>Confession is a vital step in restoring our relationship with God. It involves acknowledging personal and communal sins and seeking God's forgiveness and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_accountability.htm">Generational Accountability</a></b><br>Recognizing the sins of previous generations can help us understand patterns of disobedience and seek God's help in breaking them. This teaches us the importance of learning from the past to build a faithful future.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_unity_in_faith.htm">Community and Unity in Faith</a></b><br>The collective confession of the Israelites underscores the power of community in spiritual growth. Believers are encouraged to support one another in accountability and prayer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/renewal_and_restoration.htm">Renewal and Restoration</a></b><br>The act of confession leads to spiritual renewal and restoration. It is a reminder that God is always ready to forgive and restore those who earnestly seek Him.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/nehemiah/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">The seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers.</span>--The change to "seed" has here a deep propriety. They carefully avoided the many aliens among them throughout this fast.<p><span class= "bld">And stood and confessed.</span>--It must be remembered that these verses give the programme of what is afterwards filled up: the very praise for which they "stood" was filled with confession.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers.</span> Compare <a href="/nehemiah/10-28.htm">Nehemiah 10:28</a>, by which it appears that the "strangers" are "the people of the lands," or neighbouring heathen, of whom there were at all times considerable numbers in Jerusalem (comp. <a href="/nehemiah/13-16.htm">Nehemiah 13:16</a>). It was not fitting that these aliens should take part in a ceremony of which the main object was that the special people of God should renew their covenant with him. <span class="cmt_word">Stood and confessed.</span> Attitude is perhaps scarcely intended here, since the Jews confessed their sins kneeling (<a href="/ezra/9-5.htm">Ezra 9:5</a>), or prostrate (<a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1</a>). Hence we hear in the next verse that they "stood up," or "rose up" (<span class="accented">consurrexerunt</span>, Vulg.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Those of Israelite</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">descent</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶ֣רַע</span> <span class="translit">(ze·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">separated themselves</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yib·bā·ḏə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_914.htm">Strong's 914: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be divided, separate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from all</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכֹּ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the foreigners,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they stood</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעַמְד֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘am·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and confessed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתְוַדּוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiṯ·wad·dū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3034.htm">Strong's 3034: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their sins</span><br /><span class="heb">חַטֹּ֣אתֵיהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the iniquities</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲוֺנ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·wō·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their fathers.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/nehemiah/9-2.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 9:2 The seed of Israel separated themselves (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 9:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 9:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/9-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 9:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 9:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>