Great Joy in the Booths

16So the people went out and brought them, and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courtyards, and in the courtyards of the house of God, and in the square of the Water Gate, and in the square of the Gate of Ephraim.

17And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths, for the sons of Israel had not done so from the days of Jeshua son of Nun until that day. And there was very great rejoicing.

18And he read from the Book of the Law of God day by day, from the first day to the last day. And they kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.