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15 (A)and that they should make the report heard and make a proclamation of it pass throughout all their cities and (B)in Jerusalem, saying, “(C)Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and [a]wild olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.” 16 So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each (D)on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at (E)the Water Gate and in the square at (F)the Gate of Ephraim. 17 The entire assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths. The sons of Israel (G)had indeed not done so from the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day. And (H)there was exceedingly great gladness.

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  1. Nehemiah 8:15 Lit oil tree, species unknown