Nehemiah 8:17

8:17 So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy. ¹ 

Nehemiah 13:1

Further Reforms by Nehemiah

13:1 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing ²  of the people. They found ³  written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God,

[8:17]  ¹ tn Heb “And there was very great joy.”

[13:1]  ² tn Heb “ears.”

[13:1]  ³ tn Heb “it was found.” The Hebrew verb is passive.