unfoldingWord_en_tn/neh/08/18.md

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day by day

This idiom means "each day." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

from the first day to the last

The implied information is that it was during the entire week of the festival. AT: "from the first day to the last day of the week" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

They kept the festival

"They made a feast" or "They celebrated the festival"

on the eighth day

"on day 8" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)

solemn assembly

This was a special religious gathering.

in obedience to the decree

The implied information is that "the decree" was the command of Yahweh about how the Festival of Shelters was to end. AT: "as God had commanded" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)