2 Maccabees 10:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ The celebration and rejoicing lasted for eight days, in the manner of the Feast of Booths, as they recalled how, only a short time before, during the Feast of Booths, they had been living like wild animals in the mountains and caves. ⁷ And so, carrying wands entwined with ivy, and leafy branches and palm fronds, they offered hymns of thanksgiving to him whose guiding hand had enabled them to achieve the purification of his holy place. ⁸ They also decreed by a public edict, ratified by vote, that the whole Jewish nation should observe these days every year.