⁹ And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for they had kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days.

³⁶ For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. ^(A)On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a ^(B)solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work.

¹⁸ And day by day, from the first day to the last day, ^(A)he read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and ^(B)on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.

²³ Then the whole assembly agreed together to keep the feast ^(A)for another seven days. So they kept it for another seven days with gladness.

⁶⁵ So Solomon held ^(A)the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from ^(B)Lebo-hamath to ^(C)the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days.^[a]

⁸ For ^(A)six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be ^(B)a solemn assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.