Nehemiah 8:13-15

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¹³ On the second day of the month [October 9, 445 bc], the ·leaders [heads] of all the families, the priests, and the Levites met with Ezra the ·teacher [scribe]. They ·gathered [assembled] to ·study [consider; gain insight into] the words of the ·Teachings [Laws; Instructions; ^LTorah]. ¹⁴ This is what they found written in the ·Teachings [Laws; Instructions; ^LTorah]: The Lord commanded through Moses that the people of Israel were to live in ·shelters [^Tbooths; ^Ctemporary dwellings; Ex. 23:33; Deut. 16:13–15] during the feast of the seventh month. ¹⁵ The people ·were supposed to [should] ·preach this message [make/issue a proclamation] and ·spread [disseminate] it through all their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the ·mountains [hills], and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, myrtle trees, palms, and ·shade [other leafy] trees. Make ·shelters [booths] with them, as it is written [^Cprescribed in the Law of Moses].”