16 And by what, now, will it be known that I have found favor in your eyes, I and your people? Is it not by your going along with us,+ in that I and your people have been made distinct from all the other people who are upon the surface of the ground?”+

21 Then the sons of Israel that had returned from the Exile ate,+ and everyone that had separated himself to them from the uncleanness+ of the nations of the land, to search for Jehovah the God of Israel.+

2 And the seed of Israel proceeded to separate+ themselves from all the foreigners,*+ and to stand and make confession+ of their own sins+ and the errors of their fathers.+