Nehemiah 8:15-17

Expanded Bible

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].”

¹⁶ So the people went out and got tree branches. They built ·shelters [^Tbooths] on their roofs [^Croofs were living space], in their courtyards, in the courtyards of the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of God, in the square by the Water Gate, and in the square next to the Gate of Ephraim. ¹⁷ The whole ·group [assembly] that had come back from ·captivity [exile] built ·shelters [^Tbooths] and lived in them. The Israelites had not done this since the ·time [days] of Joshua son of Nun. And ·they were very happy [there was great rejoicing].