en_tn_condensed/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. Alternate translation: "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. Alternate translation: "as God had commanded" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])