Nehemiah 8:16-18

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So the people went out and brought them, and made booths for themselves, each on the roofs of their houses or^[a] their courtyards, in the courtyards of God’s house, in the area by the Water Gate, or in the area by the Gate of Ephraim.

¹⁷ The whole assembly of those who had returned from captivity made booths and lived in them. This was something that the people of Israel hadn’t done since the days of Joshua,^[b] Nun’s son, and there was very great rejoicing.

¹⁸ He read from God’s Instruction scroll every day, from the first until the last day of the festival.^[c] They kept the festival for seven days and held a solemn assembly on the eighth day, just as the Instruction required.