en_tn/neh/09/01.md

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  • the twenty-fourth day - fourth day** - "the 24th day" (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:translate_numbers)
  • the people of Israel were assembled - "the people of Israel came together" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive)
  • they were wearing sackcloth, and they put dust on their heads - This was in order to show how sorry they were for the wrong things they and their ancestors had done.
  • The descendants of Israel - "the sons and daughters of Israel" or "the Israelites"
  • separated themselves apart from all the foreigners - "stood apart from those who were not sons and daughters of Israel"
  • They stood and confessed their own sins and the evil actions of their ancestors - "They admitted the wrong things that they had done and also the wrong things their forefathers had done"