And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;(Esdras 8:18)

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;(Esdras 8:19)

Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.(Esdras 8:20)

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.

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.(Esdras 8:22)

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.(Esdras 8:23)

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,(Esdras 8:24)

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Esdras 8:21 - Referencia Cruzada

And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. (Marcus 10:13)

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. (Salmos 5:8)

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. (Salmos 8:2)

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. (2 Crónicas 20:3)

And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? (Números 14:3)

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. (Salmos 143:8)

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. (Proverbios 3:6)

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. (Isaías 42:16)

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. (Jeremías 31:8)

It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. (Levítico 16:31)

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. (Jueces 20:26)

In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. (Jeremías 50:4)

Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. (Isaías 58:3)

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. (1 Samuel 7:6)

Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? (Isaías 58:5)

For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. (Levítico 23:29)

Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, (Joel 1:14)

And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. (Esdras 8:15)

Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: (Joel 2:12)

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. (Isaías 30:21)

Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; (Salmos 107:2)

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call. (Hechos 2:39)

And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: (Levítico 16:29)

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. (Esdras 8:31)

O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. (Jeremías 10:23)

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. (Isaías 35:8)

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. (Jonás 3:5)

But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. (Números 14:31)

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. (Isaías 49:10)