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all Israel

"all the people of Israel" or "all the Israelites"

drew water and poured it out before Yahweh

Possible meanings are 1) the people denied themselves water as part of fasting or 2) they got water out of a stream or well and poured it on the ground as an outward sign of being sorry for their sin. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

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