OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 8:17

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All the assembly of those who had come back out of the captivity made temporary shelters and lived in the temporary shelters, for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.

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Verse 17. Done so, with such alacrity, though they had displayed more magnificence. See the meaning of similar expressions, 4 Kennicott. 23:22. Calmet.

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or, booths

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