Now in the twenty
`esriym  (es-reem')
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth -- (six-)score, twenty(-ieth).

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and fourth
'arba`  (ar-bah')
four -- four.

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day
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),

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of this month
chodesh  (kho'-desh)
the new moon; by implication, a month -- month(-ly), new moon.

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the children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.

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of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.

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were assembled
'acaph  (aw-saf')
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove

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with fasting
tsowm  (tsome)
a fast: --fast(-ing).

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and with sackclothes
saq  (sak)
a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.) -- sack(-cloth, -clothes).

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and earth
'adamah  (ad-aw-maw')
soil (from its general redness) -- country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.

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upon them

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them.

King James Bible
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.

International Standard Version
On the twenty-fourth day of this same month, the Israelis gathered together while fasting, wearing sackcloth, and covering themselves with dust.

NET Bible
On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When the Israelites assembled on the twenty-fourth day of this month, they fasted, wore sackcloth, and threw dirt on their heads.

King James 2000 Bible
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and in sackcloth, and earth upon their heads.

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