Nehemiah 8:12–18
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8:12So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food16 with others17 and to enjoy tremendous joy,18 for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them.
8:13On the second day of the month the family leaders19 met with20 Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law. 8:14They discovered written in the law that the LORD had commanded through21 Moses that the Israelites should live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month, 8:15and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message22 in all their cities and in Jerusalem:23 “Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written.”
8:16So the people went out and brought these things24 back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple25 of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate. 8:17So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy.268:18Ezra27 read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last.28 They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly29 as was required.30
Footnotes
- 16 Heb “to send portions.”
- 17 The Hebrew text does not include the phrase “with others” but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- 18 Heb “to make great joy.”
- 19 Heb “the heads of the fathers.”
- 20 Heb “were gathered to”; , “gathered around”; “came together to.”
- 21 Heb “by the hand of.”
- 22 Heb “a voice.”
- 23 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
- 24 The words “these things” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- 25 Heb “the house.”
- 26 Heb “And there was very great joy.”
- 27 Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 28 Heb “the last day.”
- 29 Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- 30 Heb “according to the judgment.”
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