“They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Nehemiah 8 contains 18 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.