The entireassemblyof those who had returnedfrom the captivitymadeboothsand livedin them. The sonsof Israelhad indeednot donesofrom the daysof Joshuathe sonof Nunto that day.And there was greatrejoicing.
So they ateand drankthat daybeforethe LORDwith greatgladness.And they madeSolomonthe sonof Davidkinga secondtime,and they anointed[him] as rulerfor the LORDand Zadokas priest.
So there was greatjoyin Jerusalem,becausethere was nothinglike thisin Jerusalemsincethe daysof Solomonthe sonof David,kingof Israel.
There had not been celebrateda Passoverlikeit in Israelsincethe daysof Samuelthe prophet;norhad anyof the kingsof Israelcelebratedsuch a Passoveras Josiahdidwith the priests,the Levites,allJudahand Israelwho were present,and the inhabitantsof Jerusalem.
and [did so] according to the dailyrule,offering[them] up according to the commandmentof Moses,for the sabbaths,the newmoonsand the threeannualfeasts--the Feastof UnleavenedBread,the Feastof Weeksand the Feastof Booths.
They celebratedthe Feastof Booths,as it is written,and [offered] the fixed numberof burntofferingsdaily,according to the ordinance,as eachdayrequired;
And the Wordbecameflesh,and dweltamongus, and we sawHis glory,gloryas of the only begottenfrom the Father,fullof graceand truth.
"Sevendaysyou shall celebratea feastto the LORDyour Godin the placewhichthe LORDchooses,becausethe LORDyour Godwill blessyou in allyour produceand in allthe workof your hands,so that you will be altogetherjoyful.
Allthesediedin faith,withoutreceivingthe promises,but having seenthem and having welcomedthem from a distance,and having confessedthat they were strangersand exileson the earth.
By faithhe lived as an alienin the landof promise,as in a foreign[land], dwellingin tentswith Isaacand Jacob,fellow heirsof the samepromise;
For ifJoshuahad given them rest,He would not have spokenof anotherdayafterthat.
Now it cameabout afterthe deathof Mosesthe servantof the LORD,that the LORDspoketo Joshuathe sonof Nun,Moses'servant,saying,
