Thematic Bible: National--exemplified
Thematic Bible
Fasting » National--exemplified
I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our property.
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Throughout each and every province where the king's edict and law were announced there was considerable mourning among the Jews, along with fasting, weeping, and sorrow. Sackcloth and ashes were characteristic of many.
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"Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don't eat and don't drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!"
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So all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel. They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace to the Lord.
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Fasting » National--exemplified » Men of jabesh-gilead
They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days.
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Related Topics
- Action Until Evening
- Ark Of The Covenant, Events
- Asceticism, Types
- Ashes
- Attitudes Of Humility
- Canals
- Cemetery
- Fasting
- Fasting And Prayer
- Fasting In Mourning
- Fasting, Examples Of