# day by day This idiom means "each day." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]]) # from the first day to the last The implied information is that it was during the entire week of the festival. Alternate translation: "from the first day to the last day of the week" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/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/jit/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. Alternate translation: "as God had commanded" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])