Nehemiah 8:16 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

So the people went out and cut branches and used them to build shelters on the roofs of their houses, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of God’s Temple, or in the squares just inside the Water Gate and the Ephraim Gate.

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

The Feast of Tabernacles.

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

So the people went forth, and brought them
Went out of Jerusalem to the mountains adjacent, and fetched in branches …

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

They found it written in the Law about the Feast of Tabernacles. Those who diligently search the Scriptures find things written there that they hav…