¹⁷ So the whole assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made ^[a]booths and sat under the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very ^(A)great gladness.

¹⁸ Also ^(A)day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast ^(B)seven days; and on the ^(C)eighth day there was a sacred assembly, according to the prescribed manner.