And that they should publish and proclaim— Which when they heard, they sent preachers into all the cities, and into Jerusalem, saying, Go forth, &c. Houbigant.
Fetch olive-branches, &c.— See Scheuchzer's Physique Sacree, tom. 6: p. 6.
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Nehemiah 8:15
15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.