Nehemiah 8:15-16
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Context8:15 and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message 1 in all their cities and in Jerusalem: 2 “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 3 back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple 4 of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.