Today: [Nehemiah Eight] Nehemiah Celebrates the Feast of Tabernacles. In this chapter the people come together at the water gate to hear the reading of the word of God. Water in the bible not only represents the Spirit but also the word of God itself. In reading the word the people are very sober and in the second day the elders lead them in a celebration of the feast of Tabernacles that speaks many things to us of the habitation of God’s presence in our own lives.