Nehemiah 9:1
And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
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Leviticus 23:39But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the produce of the land, ye shall celebrate the feast of Jehovah seven days: on the first day there shall be rest, and on the eighth day there shall be rest.
Judges 20:26Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to Bethel, and wept, and abode there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until even, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
2 Samuel 1:2And it came to pass on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his garments rent, and earth upon his head; and as soon as he came to David, he fell to the earth and did obeisance.
2 Chronicles 20:3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Jehovah, and proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
Ezra 8:23And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.
Esther 4:3And in every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing: many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:1
The tenth day of the seventh month between the feast of trumpets ( ch. viii. 2 ) and the feast of tabernacles ( ver. 14 ) was appointed to be the day of atonement; we have no reason to think but that it was religiously observed, though it is not mentioned. But here we have an account of an occasional fast that was kept a fortnight after that, with reference to the present posture of their affairs, and it was, as that, a day of humiliation. There is a time to weep as well as a time to laugh. We have here an… Read the whole commentary →