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Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the LORD, your God, and cry to the LORD.
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Verse 14. Sanctify. Appoint ( Bible.) or proclaim a general fast, as was usual in such emergencies. 3 Kennicott. 21:9 and 2 Chronicles 20:3. Fasting and other good works are calculated to appease God’s wrath. Worthington.
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