Feast of Booths Celebrated

Nehemiah 8

¹³ Now on the second day the heads of the fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to understand the words of the Law. ¹⁴ And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in _s booths ₁ during the feast of the seventh month, ¹⁵ and _t that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and _u in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out to the mountain, and _v bring olive branches, branches of oil trees, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written." ¹⁶ Then the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on the _w roof of his house, or in their courtyards or the courts of the house of God, and in the open square of the _x Water Gate _y and in the open square of the Gate of Ephraim. ¹⁷ So the whole assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made ₂ booths and sat under the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very _z great gladness. ¹⁸ Also _a day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast _b seven days; and on the _c eighth day there was a sacred assembly, according to the prescribed manner.

1. Cross References
   Leviticus 23:34
   Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD.
   Leviticus 23:40
   And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
   Leviticus 23:42
   You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths.
   Deuteronomy 16:13
   You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress.
   
2. Cross References
   Leviticus 23:4
   These are the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.
   
3. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 16:16
   Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.
   
4. Cross References
   Leviticus 23:40
   And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
   
5. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 22:8
   When you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring guilt of bloodshed on your household if anyone falls from it.
   
6. Cross References
   Nehemiah 12:37
   By the Fountain Gate, in front of them, they went up the stairs of the City of David, on the stairway of the wall, beyond the house of David, as far as the Water Gate eastward.
   
7. Cross References
   2 Kings 14:13
   Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh; and he went to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate - four hundred cubits.
   Nehemiah 12:39
   And above the Gate of Ephraim, above the Old Gate, above the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped by the Gate of the Prison.
   
8. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 30:21
   So the children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing to the LORD, accompanied by loud instruments.
   
9. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 31:11
   When all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
   
10. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:36
    For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a sacred assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it.
    
11. Cross References
    Numbers 29:35
    On the eighth day you shall have a sacred assembly. You shall do no customary work.