Nehemiah 8:15-17

New American Standard Bible 1995

^15 [a](A)So they proclaimed and circulated a proclamation in all their cities and ^(B)in Jerusalem, saying, “^(C)Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and ^[b]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 ^[c]them. 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 great rejoicing.