¹⁴And they found written in the law which the Lord had commanded ^†by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in ^mbooths in the feast of the seventh month: ¹⁵And that they should ⁿpublish and proclaim in all their cities, and ^oin Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and ^ppine branches, and myrtle branches, and ^qpalm branches, and branches of ^qthick trees, to make booths, as it is written. ¹⁶So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon ^rthe roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in ^sthe street of the water gate, and in the street of the ^tgate of Ephraim.

Read in Logos

Footnotes

†Heb. by the hand of. ch. 9:14, 30. & 10:29. See 1 Kin. 16:12.
nch. 12:42 marg. So Lev. 23:4.
p 1 Kin. 6:23 marg. (Heb.).
rSee 2 Sam. 11:2.
sver. 1, 3. See ch. 3:26.
t 2 Kin. 14:13. 2 Chr. 25:23. ch. 12:39.

Cross references

Public Domain

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they found it written in the Law that the Lord had commanded by Moses that the people of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month, and that they should proclaim it and publish it in all their towns and in Jerusalem, “Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.” So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters”—as it is written.

So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves temporary shelters on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God and in the square by the Water Gate and the one by the Gate of Ephraim.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They found written in the law how the Lord had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should dwell in shelters during the festival of the seventh month. So they proclaimed and spread this news throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make shelters, just as it is written.” The people went out, brought back branches, and made shelters for themselves on each of their rooftops and courtyards, the court of the house of God, the square by the Water Gate, and the square by the Ephraim Gate.

NLTNew Living Translation

As they studied the Law, they discovered that the Lord had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in shelters during the festival to be held that month. He had said that a proclamation should be made throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, telling the people to go to the hills to get branches from olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees. They were to use these branches to make shelters in which they would live during the festival, as prescribed in the Law.

So the people went out and cut branches and used them to build shelters on the roofs of their houses, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of God’s Temple, or in the squares just inside the Water Gate and the Ephraim Gate.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They found written in the law, which Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses, that the Israelites should live in booths during the festival of the seventh month, and that they should proclaim and give voice in all of their cities in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill and bring olive tree branches, olive oil wood branches, myrtle shrub branches, palm tree branches, and other leafy tree branches to make booths, as it is written.” So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of the house of God, in the public square of the Water Gate, and in the public square of the Gate of Ephraim.