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Then they assembled and went to Mizpah, across from Jerusalem, because Israelites used to have a place of prayer there.
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They fasted for a day and put on mourning clothes, sprinkled ashes on their heads, and tore their garments.
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In addition, they opened up the Law scroll to find answers to the kinds of questions Gentiles would ask of their idols.
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They also brought out the priestly garments as well as early produce and tenth-part gifts. They stirred up nazirites, who had completed the duration of their solomn promises.
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Then they cried aloud to heaven: "What should we do with these people? Where should we take them?