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17 And all of the assembly of those who returned from captivity made booths and lived in the booths because the Israelites[a] had not done it from the days of Jeshua son of Nun until that day. And there was very great joy. 18 And he read from the scroll of the law[b] of God day by day from the first day up to the last day. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day there was an assembly according to the rule.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 8:17 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Nehemiah 8:18 Hebrew torah