Nehemiah · נְחֶמְיָה

Nehemiah 8:17

וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ כָ֡ל הַקָּהָ֡ל הַשָּׁבִ֡ים מִן הַשְּׁבִ֡י סֻכּ֡וֹת וַיֵּשְׁב֡וּ בַסֻּכּ֡וֹת כִּ֡י לֹ֡א עָשׂ֡וּ מִ֡ימֵי יֵשׁ֡וּעַ בִּן נ֣וּן כֵּ֡ן בְּנֵ֡י יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל עַ֡ד הַיּ֡וֹם הַה֡וּא וַתְּהִ֡י שִׂמְחָ֡ה גְּדוֹלָ֡ה מְאֹֽד׃
vayaʿasv kal haqahal hashabiym min hashbiy sukvot vayeshbv basukvot kiy loʾ ʿasv miymey yeshvʿa bin nvn ken bney yishraʾel ʿad hayvom hahvʾ vathiy shimḥah gdvolah mʾod
King James Version (KJV)

And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

Modern English

And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths, for from the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the people of Israel had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing.

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