Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The mount - The "mount of Olives" is probably intended.
Pine branches - Rather, "branches of the wild olive." The actual trees named by the Law may have become scarce. It was probably considered that the spirit of the command was kept if branches of trees similar in general character to those named in Leviticus were employed.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Nehemiah 8:15:
Leviticus 23:40
Haggai 1:8
Matthew 21:8
John 7:2
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