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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.
Nehemiah 8:17 — KJV
Jeshua. Jeshua is a contraction of Jehoshua, usually rendered Joshua in the modern translations (Exodus 17:9; etc.). The Greek form of this name was Jesus (see Acts 7:45; Hebrews 4:8; see on Matthew 1:1).
Had not the children of Israel done so. This does not imply that the Israelites had not celebrated the festival since the days of Jeshua, at the invasion of Canaan, for, according to Ezra 3:4, those who returned from captivity at that time kept it in the first year of their return. A similar celebration is also mentioned in connection with the dedication of Solomon’s Temple (2 Chronicles 7:10; 1 Kings 8:65). Hence, the text must mean that since the days of Joshua there had been no general celebration of this festival as now (see on verse 14).
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