Neh 9:1 | HCSB | STEP | On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled ; they were fasting , wearing sackcloth , and had put dust on their heads.

Nehemiah 9:1

1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month ^a the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing ^{▼▼sackcloth: Garment made of poor quality material and worn as a sign of grief and mourning}sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads. ^c