Nehemiah 8:14 - Exposition

And they found written . The practice of "dwelling in booths," commanded in Le 23:42, had fallen into disuse, probably during the captivity, and though the feast itself had been revived by Zerubbabel ( Ezra 3:4 ), yet this feature of it, from which it derived its name, had remained in abeyance. In the feast of the seventh month . Though the "feast of trumpets" was also a feast of the seventh month, that of tabernacles was "the feast," being one of those which all Israelites not reasonably hindered were bound to attend ( Exodus 23:14-17 ; Deuteronomy 16:16 ), and which was placed on a par with the Passover and Pentecost.