d, branches of myrtle,
and branches of palm, and branches of thick trees, to make tabernacles,
as it is written.

8:16. And the people went forth, and brought. And they made themselves
tabernacles every man on the top of his house, and in their courts, and
in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate,
and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

8:17. And all the assembly of them that were returned from the
captivity, made tabernacles, and dwelt in tabernacles: for since the
days of Josue the son of Nun the children of Israel had not done so,
until that day: and there was exceeding great joy.

8:18. And he read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the
first day till the last, and they kept the solemnity seven days, and in
the eighth day a solemn assembly according to the manner.

2 Esdras Chapter 9

The people repent with fasting and sackcloth. The Levites confess God's
benefits, and the people's ingratitude: they pray for them, and make a
covenant with God.

9:1. And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of
Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon
them.

9:2. And the seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from
every stranger: and they stood, and confessed their sins, and the
iniquities of their fathers.

9:3. And they rose up to stand: and they read in the book of the law of
the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they
confessed, and adored the Lord their God.

9:4. And there stood up upon the step of the Levites, Josue, and Bani,
and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: and they
cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

9:5. And the Levites Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia,
Oduia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said: Arise, bless the Lord your God from
eternity to eternity: and blessed be the high name of thy glory with all
blessing and praise.

9:6. Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, and the heaven
of heavens, and all the host thereof: the earth and all things that are
in it: the seas and all that are therein: and thou givest life to all
these things, and the host of heaven adoreth thee.

9:7. Thou O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth
out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.

The fire of the Chaldeans... The city of Ur in Chaldea, the name of
which signifies fire. Or out of the fire of the trib