On the eighthdaythey helda solemnassembly,for the dedicationof the altarthey observedsevendaysand the feastsevendays.
Allthe menof Israelassembledthemselves to KingSolomonat the feast,in the monthEthanim,whichis the seventhmonth.
So Solomonobservedthe feastat that time,and allIsraelwith him, a greatassemblyfrom the entranceof Hamathto the brookof Egypt,beforethe LORDour God,for sevendaysand seven[more] days,[even] fourteendays.
Then the wholeassemblydecidedto celebrate[the feast] anothersevendays,so they celebratedthe sevendayswith joy.
Then on the twenty-thirddayof the seventhmonthhe sentthe peopleto their tents,rejoicingand happyof heartbecauseof the goodnessthat the LORDhad shownto Davidand to Solomonand to His peopleIsrael.
He readfrom the bookof the lawof Goddaily,from the firstdayto the lastday.And they celebratedthe feastsevendays,and on the eighthday[there was] a solemnassemblyaccording to the ordinance.
"For sevendaysyou shall makeatonementfor the altarand consecrateit; then the altarshall be mostholy,[and] whatevertouchesthe altarshall be holy.
Consecratea fast,Proclaima solemnassembly;Gatherthe elders[And] allthe inhabitantsof the landTo the houseof the LORDyour God,And cryout to the LORD.
For sevendaysyou shall presentan offeringby fireto the LORD.On the eighthdayyou shall havea holyconvocationand presentan offeringby fireto the LORD;it is an assembly.You shall donolaboriouswork.
The leadersofferedthe dedication[offering] for the altarwhenit was anointed,so the leadersofferedtheir offeringbeforethe altar.
"Sixdaysyou shall eatunleavenedbread,and on the seventhdaythere shall be a solemnassemblyto the LORDyour God;you shall donowork[on it].
