Nehemiah 8:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ So the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on the roof of his house, and in their courtyards and in the courtyards of the House of Elohim, and in the open space of the Water Gate and in the open space of the Gate of Ephrayim.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ So the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each on the roof of his house and in their courts and the courts of God's house and in the squares of the Water Gate and the Gate of Ephraim.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So the people went out and brought them, and made booths for themselves, each on the roofs of their houses or their courtyards, in the courtyards of God’s house, in the area by the Water Gate, or in the area by the Gate of Ephraim.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And the people went forth and brought. And they made for themselves tabernacles, each one at his own dwelling, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

Nehemiah 8:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:2

And it came to be, at evening time, that Dawiḏ

2 Kings 14:13

And Yeho’ash sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

2 Chronicles 20:5

And Yehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Yehuḏ

2 Chronicles 33:5

And he built altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courtyards of the House of יהוה.

Nehemiah 12:37

And at the Fountain Gate and straight ahead of them, they went up the stairs of the City of Dawiḏ

Nehemiah 12:39

and above the Gate of Ephrayim, and above the Old Gate, and above the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Ḥ

Nehemiah 3:26

Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel as far as opposite the Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower.

Nehemiah 8:1

And when the seventh month came, the children of Yisra’ĕ

Nehemiah 8:3

And he read from it in the open space in front of the Water Gate from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people listened to the Book of the Torah.

Jeremiah 19:13

“And the houses of Yerushalayim and the houses of the sovereigns of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 32:29

“And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to Baʽ

Deuteronomy 22:8

“When you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you do not bring blood-guilt on your house when one falls from it.