Nehemiah 9:1-3

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        1.  Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month (2 days after the feast of booths 
        ended) the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth 
        upon them.  2.  And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood 
        and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.  3.  And they stood up in 
        their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the 
        day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.
      
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        	Verse 1. Now in the twenty and fourth day The feast of trumpets was on the first day of 
        this month; on the fourteenth began the feast of tabernacles, which, lasting seven days, 
        finished on the twenty-second; on the twenty-third they separated themselves from their 
        illegitimate wives and children; and, on the twenty-fourth, they held a solemn day of 
        fasting and confession of sin, and reading the law, which they closed by renewing their 
        covenants. 
      
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        	The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners (Nehemiah 9:2). Keil noted 
        that, This is not primarily a reference to the dissolution of illegal marriages, but it is 
        rather a voluntary renunciation of all connection with the heathen and of heathen customs.
      
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