Nehemiah 8:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ The Levites went around calming the people and telling them not to be sad on such a holy day. ¹² So all the people went home and ate and drank joyfully and shared what they had with others, because they understood what had been read to them.

The Festival of Shelters

¹³ The next day the heads of the clans, together with the priests and the Levites, went to Ezra to study the teachings of the Law.