Nehemiah 8:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They also learnt that they were to go into the woods and gather branches of leafy trees such as olives, myrtles, and palms for making these shelters.

Cross References

Genesis 8:11

It returned in the evening, holding in its beak a green leaf from an olive tree. Noah knew that the water was finally going down.

Leviticus 23:4

Passover is another time when you must come together to worship me, and it must be celebrated on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month of each year.

Leviticus 23:40

Pick the best fruit from your trees and cut leafy branches to use during the time of this joyous celebration in my honour.

Matthew 21:1

When Jesus and his disciples came near Jerusalem, he went to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives and sent two of them on ahead.

John 12:13

they took palm branches and went out to greet him. They shouted, “Hooray! God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord! God bless the King of Israel!”

Deuteronomy 16:16

Each year there are three festivals when all Israelite men must go to the place where the LORD chooses to be worshipped. These are the Festival of Thin Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Shelters. And don't forget to take along a gift for the LORD.

Revelation 7:9

After this, I saw a large crowd with more people than could be counted. They were from every race, tribe, nation, and language, and they stood before the throne and before the Lamb. They wore white robes and held palm branches in their hands,