It is not meant that there had not been some formal observance of the feast of tabernacles (cf) 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezekiel 3:4; Ezekiel 3:4 but that the people had not dwelt in booths since Joshua's days.
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Bibliographical Information Scofield, C. I. "Scofield Reference Notes on Nehemiah 8". "Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/srn/nehemiah-8.html. 1917.
Verse 2
seventh month
i.e. October; Nehemiah 8:2; Nehemiah 8:14.
Verse 17
for since the days of Jeshua
It is not meant that there had not been some formal observance of the feast of tabernacles (cf) 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezekiel 3:4; Ezekiel 3:4 but that the people had not dwelt in booths since Joshua's days.