And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
We have here, I. The people's renewed attendance upon the word. They had spent the greatest part of one day in praying and hearing, and yet were so far from being weary of that new moon and sabbath that the next day after, though it was no festival, the chief of them came together again to hear Ezra expound (Neh 8:13), which they found more...
Commenting on Nehemiah 8:13-18
So the people went forth, and brought them,.... Went out of Jerusalem to the mountains adjacent, and fetched in branches of the said trees, one or another: and made themselves booths, everyone upon the roof of his house; which were flat, Deu 22:8, and they might be made anywhere, so be it they were open to the air: and in their courts, and in the...
THEY KEEP THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. (Neh 8:16-18) the people went forth, and brought . . . and made themselves booths, &c.--(See on Lev 23:34; Deu 16:13).
Commenting on Nehemiah 8:16-18