Nehemiah 8:14-16

8:14 They discovered written in the law that the LORD had commanded through 1  Moses that the Israelites should live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month, 8:15 and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message 2  in all their cities and in Jerusalem: 3  “Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written.”

8:16 So the people went out and brought these things 4  back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple 5  of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.

1 tn Heb “by the hand of.”

2 tn Heb “a voice.”

3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

4 tn The words “these things” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

5 tn Heb “the house.”