Discovery BoxNehemiah 8:15-16 
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.
Nehemiah 9:28
Context9:28 “Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to 5 their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.
1 tn Heb “a voice.”
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tn The words “these things” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “the house.”
5 tn Heb “in the hand of” (so KJV, ASV); NAB “to the power of.”
