Nehemiah 9:1 MSG/NIV - Online Parallel Bible
| The Message (MSG) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 1 Then on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the People of Israel gathered for a fast, wearing burlap and faces smudged with dirt as signs of repentance. | 1 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and having dust on their heads. |
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