And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. Cross References Leviticus 16:29 This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work--whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you-- Leviticus 16:31 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute. Leviticus 23:29 If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people. 1 Samuel 7:6 When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, "We have sinned against the LORD." And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. 2 Chronicles 20:3 Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah. Ezra 8:15 Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there. Ezra 8:31 On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way. Psalm 107:7 He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live. Isaiah 58:3 "Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?" "Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. Isaiah 58:5 Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD? Jonah 3:7 Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink. Treasury of Scripture Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. I proclaimed Judges 20:26 1 Samuel 7:6 2 Chronicles 20:3 afflict ourselves Leviticus 16:29,31 Leviticus 23:29 Isaiah 58:3,5 to seek Psalm 5:8 Psalm 107:2-8 Psalm 143:8-10 for our little ones Numbers 14:3,31 Psalm 8:2 Mark 10:13-16 |
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