Nehemiah 8:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴ And written in the law that the Lord had prescribed through Moses, they found that the Israelites were to live in booths^[a] during the feast of the seventh month.

¹⁵ In addition, they were to issue this proclamation and circulate it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go forth into the hills and bring branches of olive and wild olive trees, and of myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as the law prescribes.” ¹⁶ Therefore the people went out and brought back branches to make shelters for themselves, each on his own roof, and in their courtyards and in the precincts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.