Nehemiah 8:14–18

¹⁴They found written in the law how the Lord had commanded through Moses that the sons of Israel ^ashould live in booths during the feast of the seventh month.

^151aSo they proclaimed and circulated a proclamation in all their cities and ^bin Jerusalem, saying, “^cGo out to the hills, and bring olive branches and ²wild olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches and branches of other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”

¹⁶So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each ^aon his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at ^bthe Water Gate and in the square at ^cthe Gate of Ephraim.

¹⁷The entire assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in ¹them. The sons of Israel ^ahad indeed not done so from the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day. And ^bthere was great rejoicing.

^18aHe read from the book of the law of God daily, from the first day to the last day. And they ^bcelebrated the feast seven days, and on ^cthe eighth day there was a solemn assembly according to the ordinance.