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Then on the secondday the heads of fathers' households of all the people, the priests and the Levites were gathered to Ezra the scribe that they might gaininsight into the words of the law.
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They foundwritten in the lawhow the LORD had commandedthroughMoses that the sons of Israel should live in booths during the feast of the seventhmonth.
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So they proclaimed and circulated a proclamation in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out to the hills, and bringolivebranches and wild*olivebranches, myrtlebranches, palmbranches and branches of other leafytrees, to makebooths, as it is written."
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So the peoplewent out and brought them and madebooths 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 WaterGate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.
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The entireassembly of those who had returned from the captivitymadebooths and lived in them. The sons of Israel had indeed not doneso from the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day. And there was greatrejoicing.
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He read from the book of the law of Goddaily, from the firstday to the lastday. And they celebrated the feastsevendays, and on the eighthday there was a solemnassembly according to the ordinance.