16 Then the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on the ^aroof of his house, or in their courtyards or the courts of the house of God, and in the open square of the ^bWater Gate ^cand in the open square of the Gate of Ephraim.  ‡

17 So the whole assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made¹ booths and sat under the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very ^agreat gladness.  ‡