² The ^[a](A)descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and ^(B)confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers.

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²⁸ Now ^(A)the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and ^(B)all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all those who had knowledge and understanding,