Numbers 29:12

The Feast of Temporary Shelters

29:12 “‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work, and you must keep a festival to the Lord for seven days.

Nehemiah 8:18

8:18 Ezra 1  read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. 2  They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly 3  as was required. 4 

1 tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “the last day.”

3 tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

4 tn Heb “according to the judgment.”