Nehemiah 8:14-16
through <03027> [by. Heb. by the hand of. dwell.]
shelters <05521> [booths.]
festival <02282> [the feast.]
That is, the feast of tabernacles, which was held in the month {Tisri,} the seventh of the ecclesiastical year, in commemoration of the sojourning of the Israelites in the wilderness after they had been delivered from Egyptian bondage. For other particulars see the parallel passages.
make a proclamation <08085> [And that.]
Jerusalem <03389> [in Jerusalem.]
hill country <02022> [the mount.]
bring back <0935> [fetch.]
olive <02132> [olive.]
date palms <08558> [palm.]
roof <01406> [the roof.]
courtyard ..... courtyards <02691> [the courts.]
plaza .... Water Gate .... plaza ..... Gate <04325 08179 07339> [the street of the water gate.]
Gate ....... Ephraim Gate <08179 0669> [gate of Ephraim.]
