Nehemiah 8:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They were to proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: 'Go out to the hill country and bring branches of olive trees, wild olive trees, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pi branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, Go to the mountain and bring olive branches, pine branches, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And so they caused it be declared and proclamed in all their cities, & at Ierusalem, sayenge: Go vp vnto ye mout and fetch Olyue braunches, Pynebraunches, Myrtbraunches, Palmebraunches, & braunches of thicketrees, to make bothes as it is wrytten.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And that they shoulde cause it to bee declared and proclaimed in all their cities, and in Ierusalem, saying, Go forth vnto the mount, and bring oliue branches, and pine branches, & branches of myrtus, and palme branches, & branches of thicke trees, to make boothes, as it is written.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And that they should cause it to be declared and proclaymed in all their cities, and throughout Hierusalem, saying: Go foorth vnto the mount and fetch Olyue brauches, Pine braunches, Myrtel braunches, Palme braunches, & braunches of the thicke tree, to make boothes, as it is written.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as [it is] written.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mountain, and get olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and that they proclaim and cause to pass over all their cities, (and in Jerusalem,) saying, `Go ye out to the mount, and bring leaves of the olive, and leaves of the oil tree, and leaves of the myrtle, and leaves of the palms, and leaves of thick trees, to make booths as it is written.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And that they were to give out an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out to the mountain, and get olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message in all their cities and in Jerusalem:“Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written.”

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 23:4 : 4 These are the Lord's appointed festivals, the holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed times:
  • Lev 23:40 : 40 On the first day, you shall take for yourselves the fruit of splendid trees, palm branches, leafy tree boughs, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.
  • Deut 16:16 : 16 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord your God at the place He will choose: during the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.
  • Judg 9:48-49 : 48 he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. There, Abimelech took an axe, cut off a branch from a tree, lifted it onto his shoulder, and said to his men, "What you have seen me do, hurry and do likewise." 49 So each of his men cut down a branch and followed Abimelech. They piled the branches against the stronghold and set it on fire over those inside, so all the people in the tower of Shechem—about a thousand men and women—died.
  • Matt 21:1 : 1 When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,
  • John 12:13 : 13 So they took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!"
  • Rev 7:9 : 9 After this, I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
  • Gen 8:11 : 11 The dove came back to him in the evening, and in her beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf. Noah then knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 8:16-18
    3 verses
    85%

    16So the people went out, brought back branches, and built booths for themselves on their roofs, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of the house of God, in the square by the Water Gate, and in the square by the Gate of Ephraim.

    17The whole assembly of those who had returned from exile built booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated it like this, and their joy was very great.

    18Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, there was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

  • 14They found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the festival of the seventh month.

  • Lev 23:39-43
    5 verses
    81%

    39However, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate the Lord's Festival for seven days. The first day shall be a day of rest, and the eighth day shall also be a day of rest.

    40On the first day, you shall take for yourselves the fruit of splendid trees, palm branches, leafy tree boughs, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

    41You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is a perpetual statute for your generations; you shall observe it in the seventh month.

    42You shall live in booths for seven days. Every native-born Israelite is to dwell in booths,

    43so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

  • 1When the seventh month came, and the Israelites were in their cities, the people gathered together as one in Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 10:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7A proclamation was then issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem for all the exiles to assemble in Jerusalem.

    8Anyone who failed to appear within three days in accordance with the decision of the leaders and elders would have all his property confiscated and would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

    9So, within three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month, and all the people sat in the square before the house of God, trembling because of the matter and because of the heavy rain.

  • 1All the people gathered together as one in the open square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.

  • 34Speak to the Israelites and say: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month the Festival of Booths to the Lord begins, and it shall last for seven days.

  • 13Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce from your threshing floor and winepress.

  • 16Then all who survive from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.

  • 12On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you shall hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Celebrate a festival to the Lord for seven days.

  • 8Many people spread their garments on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

  • 15Blow the ram’s horn in Zion! Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly.

  • 8The trees once went out to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'

  • 13He offered the daily required sacrifices according to the command of Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the three annual festivals—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

  • 9On the eighth day, they held a solemn assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more.

  • 2Now the Jewish festival of Tabernacles was near.

  • 5Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, saying, 'Sound the trumpet throughout the land!' Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.'

  • 8They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was being read.

  • 15In those days, I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps of grain, loading them on donkeys, as well as carrying wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, bringing them into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So, I warned them on the day they were selling their provisions.

  • 8A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

  • 13So they took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!"

  • 10In that day,' declares the LORD Almighty, 'each of you will invite your neighbor to sit under your vine and under your fig tree.'

  • 35We cast lots to determine when our families—the priests, Levites, and the people—would bring wood to the house of our God at appointed times each year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God as it is written in the Law.

  • 10Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come and reign over us.'

  • 12For you will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

  • 8But you, mountains of Israel, will yield your branches and bear your fruit for my people Israel, because they are about to come home.

  • 23I will plant it on the high mountain of Israel. It will bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. Every bird of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

  • 21and the inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the LORD and seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’

  • 15For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

  • 3All the men of Israel came together before the king at the festival in the seventh month.

  • 5So they decided to send a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, calling the people to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel, because it had not been observed in large numbers as prescribed.

  • 5What will you do on the day of your appointed festival, on the day of the LORD’s feast?

  • 9This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Glean thoroughly the remnant of Israel as a vine; pass your hand over the branches like a grape gatherer.

  • 35A bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, a bulb under the second pair of branches, and a bulb under the third pair of branches—each pair corresponding to the six branches extending from the lampstand.

  • 2In that day, the branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and splendor of the survivors of Israel.

  • 37We agreed to bring the firstborn of our sons and of our livestock, as written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.

  • 10Then Moses commanded them, saying, 'At the end of every seven years, in the appointed time of the year of release, during the Festival of Tabernacles,

  • 19This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will be joyful and glad occasions and pleasant festivals for the house of Judah. Therefore, love truth and peace.

  • 11The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.

  • 7His branches will spread out; his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.