Nehemiah 8:17-18

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The whole assembly of those who had returned from captivity made booths and lived in them. This was something that the people of Israel hadn’t done since the days of Joshua,^[a] Nun’s son, and there was very great rejoicing.

¹⁸ He read from God’s Instruction scroll every day, from the first until the last day of the festival.^[b] They kept the festival for seven days and held a solemn assembly on the eighth day, just as the Instruction required.