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Leviticus 23:34

"Tell the Israelites, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days to the Lord .

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ethanim;   Offerings;   Sanitation;   Seven;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Thompson Chain Reference - Feast;   Feasts;   Hebrew;   Ingathering, Feast of;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of Tabernacles, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Day of atonement;   Feasts;   Seven;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Law;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Convocation;   First Fruits;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Tabernacles, Feast of;   Tent;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Feasts;   Leviticus;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Year;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Agriculture;   Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Sanctification;   Torah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Pentecost, Feast of;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dates (2);   Hosanna ;   Mary;   Numbers;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Feasts;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Feasts;   Tabernacles feast of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Tabernacles, the Feast of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Feasts;   Tabernacles;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar;   Sabbath and Feasts;   Time Given to Religion;   Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Law in the Old Testament;   Number;   Talmud;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Festivals;   Law, Reading from the;   Mishnah;   Sidra;   Sukkah;   Tabernacles, Feast of;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Speak to the children of Yisra'el, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to the LORD.
King James Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
"Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, this shall be the Feast of Booths for seven days for Yahweh.
New Century Version
"Tell the people of Israel: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month is the Feast of Shelters. This feast to the Lord will continue for seven days.
Amplified Bible
"Say to the children of Israel, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, and for seven days, is the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles) to the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say, In the fifteenth day of this seueth moneth shalbe for seuen dayes the feast of Tabernacles vnto the Lorde.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to Yahweh.
Contemporary English Version
to say to the community of Israel: Beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and continuing for seven days, everyone must celebrate the Festival of Shelters in honor of me.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Tell the people of Isra'el, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of Sukkot for seven days to Adonai .
Darby Translation
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths seven days to Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Tell the Israelites: On the 15th day of the seventh month is the Festival of Shelters. This festival to the Lord will continue for seven days.
English Standard Version
"Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month you shall keep the feast of tabernacles for seven days to the LORD.
Christian Standard Bible®
“Tell the Israelites: The Festival of Shelters to the Lord begins on the fifteenth day of this seventh month and continues for seven days.
Literal Translation
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, In the fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be a Feast of Booths seven days to Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vpon the fiftene daye of the seuenth moneth, is the feast of Tabernacles seuen dayes vnto the LORDE.
American Standard Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
Say to the children of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month let the feast of tents be kept to the Lord for seven days.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, & say: The fifteenth day of the same seuenth moneth is the feast of tabernacles seuen dayes vnto the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seuenth moneth, shall be the feast of Tabernacles for seuen dayes vnto the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, there shall be a feast of tabernacles seven days to the Lord.
English Revised Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
"Speak to the Israelites and say, 'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, Fro the fiftenthe day of this seuenthe monethe schulen be the feries of tabernaclis, in seuene daies to the Lord;
Young's Literal Translation
`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, In the fifteenth day of this seventh month [is] a feast of booths seven days to Jehovah;
Update Bible Version
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days to Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month [shall be] the feast of tabernacles [for] seven days to the LORD.
World English Bible
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh.
New King James Version
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying: "The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD.
New Living Translation
"Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. Begin celebrating the Festival of Shelters on the fifteenth day of the appointed month—five days after the Day of Atonement. This festival to the Lord will last for seven days.
New Life Bible
"Say to the people of Israel, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the special supper of tents to the Lord. It will last seven days.
New Revised Standard
Speak to the people of Israel, saying: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, and lasting seven days, there shall be the festival of booths to the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying: - On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, shall be the festival of booths, for seven days, unto Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Say to the children of Israel: From the fifteenth day of this same seventh month, shall be kept the feast of tabernacles, seven days to the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
"Say to the people of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the feast of booths to the LORD.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the LORD.

Contextual Overview

33 The Lord spoke to Moses: 34 "Tell the Israelites, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days to the Lord . 35 On the first day is a holy assembly; you must do no regular work. 36 For seven days you must present a gift to the Lord . On the eighth day there is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must present a gift to the Lord . It is a solemn assembly day; you must not do any regular work. 37 "‘These are the appointed times of the Lord that you must proclaim as holy assemblies to present a gift to the Lord —burnt offering, grain offering, sacrifice, and drink offerings, each day according to its regulation, 38 besides the Sabbaths of the Lord and all your gifts, votive offerings, and freewill offerings which you must give to the Lord . 39 "‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate a pilgrim festival of the Lord for seven days. On the first day is a complete rest and on the eighth day is complete rest. 40 On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees—palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook—and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. 41 You must celebrate it as a pilgrim festival to the Lord for seven days in the year. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you must celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 You must live in temporary shelters for seven days; every native citizen in Israel must live in temporary shelters,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The fifteenth: Exodus 23:16, Exodus 34:22, Numbers 29:12, Deuteronomy 16:13-15, Ezra 3:4, Nehemiah 8:14, Zechariah 14:16-19, John 1:14, John 7:2, Hebrews 11:9, Hebrews 11:13

the feast of tabernacles: This feast was celebrated in commemoration of the Israelites' dwelling in tents in the wilderness for forty years; and was kept with greater hilarity than any of the other festivals. Hence, in the Talmud, it is often called chag, the feast, by way of excellence; and by Philo, וןספשם לודיףפחם, the greatest of the feasts; it was therefore more noticed by the heathen than any other. It is probable that Cecrops borrowed from it the law which he made in Athens, "that the master of every family should after harvest make a feast for his servants, and eat together with them who had taken pains with him in tilling his grounds.

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:14 - General Leviticus 23:39 - when Deuteronomy 31:10 - General Judges 21:19 - a feast 1 Kings 8:2 - at the feast 1 Kings 8:65 - held 1 Kings 12:32 - like unto 2 Chronicles 5:3 - in the feast 2 Chronicles 7:8 - kept Nehemiah 9:1 - twenty

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying,.... Giving them directions about keeping a feast, in which the whole body of them had a very special and particular concern:

the fifteenth day of this seventh month; the month Tisri or September:

[shall be] the feast of tabernacles [for] seven days unto the Lord; the design of which was, partly to give thanks for the fruits of the earth, now all gathered in, Leviticus 23:39; but chiefly to commemorate the dwelling of the children of Israel in tents and booths, during their forty years' abode in the wilderness, Leviticus 23:43; whereby their posterity in later times would be led to observe the difference between them and their forefathers, who lived in tents or booths, pitched sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another, in the open fields, in wastes, and deserts; whereas they dwelt in spacious cities, fortified towns, and magnificent houses; and were possessed of various kingdoms and nations, as was the land of Canaan: the reason, the Jews say s, why this feast was kept at this time of the year and not at the season when they went out of Egypt and first dwelt in booths, as at Succoth which had its name from thence, Exodus 12:37, was this; because then the summer season began when men commonly used to build tabernacles to shelter them from the heat of the sun, wherefore, if the feast had been kept at that time, it would not have been known that it was kept at the command of God, and in remembrance of the above circumstance; but the month Tisri or September being usually a cold and rainy season in those parts, men were wont to leave their tabernacles and go into their houses; and so it was a plain case that the feast was observed not for convenience or through custom, but that it was at the command of God they went out of their houses into tabernacles at this season of the year, in commemoration of the miraculous benefit of dwelling in tents under the clouds of glory: and they also say, that for this reason it was ordered to begin on the fifteenth day, because it was on the fifteenth day of the month (though of another month) they went out of Egypt, and the clouds began to protect and accompany them; and this was enjoined them seven days, to teach them that the miraculous benefits of God are always and every day to be remembered: the Jews have a whole treatise in their Misnah, called "Succah", the "booth" or "tabernacle"; in which they give an account of the form and fabric and measure of their tabernacles, and of their dwelling and dining in them; and of the branches they carry in their hands, and of the manner of carrying and shaking them; and of the pouring out of water at this time, and of their piping and singing and other rites and ceremonies attending this feast; Exodus 12:37- :; besides, the uses of this feast before mentioned, it was typical of spiritual and evangelical things, and especially of the incarnation of Christ, whose human nature is the true tabernacle, in distinction from those typical ones, and in which he is expressly said to "tabernacle" among us, John 1:14; and it is highly probable that his incarnation or birth was at the time of this feast; at which time the temple of Solomon, a type of Christ's body, was also dedicated; and this season of the year suits better than that in which it is usually placed; and his baptism and the time of his death show it; see Luke 1:1; and as Christ, our passover, was sacrificed for us at the exact time of the passover, and the firstfruits of the Spirit were given on the very day of Pentecost, or feast of firstfruits; so it is most likely, that Christ was born, or first began to tabernacle in human nature at the feast of tabernacles, which we, in Gospel times, are to keep, by believing in the incarnate Saviour, and by attending to the Gospel ordinances he has appointed, to commemorate the benefits of his incarnation, sufferings, and death, Zechariah 14:16; moreover, the dwelling of the children of Israel in booths in the wilderness, and so at this feast in commemoration of it, may be an emblem of the tabernacles of the saints in their present wilderness state: this world, through which they are passing, is like a wilderness to them; their bodies are called tabernacles, which are pitched for a while; and their state and condition here is that of sojourners, pilgrims, and travellers; yea, these tents and tabernacles may be figures of the several particular churches of Christ, in the present state of things, which are set up for a while for the convenience, comfort, refreshment, and joy of the spiritual Israel of God; see

Psalms 46:4.

s Buxtorf. Synagog. Jud. c. 21. p. 447.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seven days - Like the Passover, the feast of tabernacles commenced at the full moon, on the fifteenth day of the month, and lasted for seven days. The week of the feast was followed by an eighth day, forming strictly no part of it Leviticus 23:36, Numbers 29:35; Nehemiah 8:18, which was a day of holy convocation, and appears to have been generally distinguished by the word translated “solemn assembly” Deuteronomy 16:8; 2 Kings 10:20; Isaiah 1:13; Joel 1:14; Joel 2:15. From its derivation the word in the original appears strictly to denote a closing festival, and this rendering would apply with the most perfect fitness to the day after the week of the Feast of tabernacles, as the conclusion of the series of yearly festivals.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 23:34. The feast of tabernacles — In this solemnity the people left their houses, and dwelt in booths or tents made of the branches of goodly trees and thick trees, (of what kind the text does not specify,) together with palm-trees and willows of the brook, Leviticus 23:40. And in these they dwelt seven days, in commemoration of their forty years' sojourning and dwelling in tents in the wilderness while destitute of any fixed habitations. In imitation of this feast among the people of God, the Gentiles had their feasts of tents. Plutarch speaks particularly of feasts of this kind in honour of Bacchus, and thinks from the custom of the Jews in celebrating the feast of tabernacles, that they worshipped the god Bacchus, "because he had a feast exactly of the same kind called the feast of tabernacles, σκηνη, which they celebrated in the time of vintage, bringing tables out into the open air furnished with all kinds of fruit, and sitting under tents made of vine branches and ivy." - PLUT. Symp., lib. iv., Q. 6. According to Ovid the feast of Anna Perenna was celebrated much in the same way. Some remained in the open air, others formed to themselves tents and booths made of branches of trees, over which they spread garments, and kept the festival with great rejoicings.

"Sub Jove pars durat; pauci tentoria ponunt;

Sunt, quibus e ramis frondea facta easa est.

Pars sibi pro rigidis calamos statuere columnis;

Desuper extentas imposuere togas."

Ovid, Fast., lib. iii.


Concerning this feast of tabernacles, John 7:37; and "John 7:38"; and for the various feasts among the Jews, Exodus 23:14.


 
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