Neh 8:16-18 | ESV | STEP | So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof , and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God , and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim .

Nehemiah 8:16-18

16 So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each ^aon his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at ^bthe Water Gate and in the square at ^cthe Gate of Ephraim. 17 And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths, for from the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day ^dthe people of Israel had not done so. And there was ^every great rejoicing. 18 And day by day, from the first day to the last day, ^fhe read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and ^gon the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.