Nehemiah 8:15-17

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁵ So they proclaimed and spread this news throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make shelters, just as it is written.”^{(A) 16} The people went out, brought back branches, and made shelters for themselves on each of their rooftops^(B) and courtyards, the court of the house of God, the square by the Water Gate,^(C) and the square by the Ephraim Gate.^{(D) 17} The whole community that had returned from exile^(E) made shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not celebrated like this from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day.^(F) And there was tremendous joy.^(G)