Nehemiah 8

Nehemiah 8 is the eighth chapter of the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, or the 18th chapter of the book of Ezra–Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, which treats the book of Ezra and the book of Nehemiah as one book. Jewish tradition states that Ezra is the author of Ezra-Nehemiah as well as the Book of Chronicles, but modern scholars generally accept that a compiler from the 5th century BCE (the so-called "Chronicler") is the final author of these books. This chapter and the next recount the reading of the law by Ezra, "the scribe" and "the priest", and the popular response. Nehemiah the governor is also briefly mentioned. The community then went on to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles with great joy.