You shall dwell in temporary shelters for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in temporary shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.’ ”
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“ ‘So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of Yahweh seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. You shall take on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God seven days. You shall keep it as a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations. You shall keep it in the seventh month. You shall dwell in temporary shelters for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in temporary shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.’ ”
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You shall dwell in temporary shelters for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,
that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in temporary shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.’ ”
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Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
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Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are home-born in Israel shall dwell in booths;
that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
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- Nehemiah 8:14-17 (v42) They found written in the law how Yahweh had commanded by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the…
- Genesis 33:17 (v42) Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
- Numbers 24:2 (v42) Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.
- Numbers 24:5 (v42) How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your dwellings, Israel!
- Deuteronomy 31:10-13 (v43) Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of booths, when all…
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- Jeremiah 35:10 (v42) but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
- Hebrews 11:13-16 (v42) These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they…
- Exodus 13:14 (v43) It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand Yahweh brought…
- Psalms 78:5-6 (v43) For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them…
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 (v42) For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v43 In the wilderness, forasmuch as they would not credit…
In the wilderness, forasmuch as they would not credit Joshua and Caleb, when they returned from spying the land of Canaan.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv42–43 Lev 23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days;…
Lev 23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
Ver. 42. Ye shall dwell in booths.] The siege of Jerusalem by the Romans lasted six months. It began at the passover, and ended at this feast of tabernacles. Ita festum illud fuit finis istius politiae.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v42 Booths were erected in their cities or towns, either…
Booths were erected in their cities or towns, either in their streets or gardens, or the tops of their houses, Neh 8:16, which were made flat, and therefore were proper and fit for that use.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv42–43 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days,.... So that…
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days,.... So that it seems they were not obliged to dwell in them on the eighth day, which was an holy convocation, a sabbath in which no servile work was to be done as the first, Lev 23:36. The eighth day was a day by itself, a sort of an appendage to the feast of tabernacles, when they went into their houses again, and kept it as an holy day; and perhaps principally in giving thanks for the ingathering of the fruits of the earth, to which this seems to be appropriated from Lev 23:39. According to the Jewish writers, they did not go out of their booths until they had dined in them on this day; and as they went out used to say,"may it be the will of God that we may be worthy the next year to dwell in the booth of Leviathan (c);''that is, to feast with the Messiah in the world to come. And to those days the Jews have added a ninth, which they call "the joy of the law", and which they keep for joy of having finished the reading of the law; which being divided into as many sections or lessons as weeks in the year, were so ordered to be read as to be finished at this time (d):
all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths; the Targum of Jonathan is,"all the males in Israel, and even the little ones, that do not need their mothers, sit in the shades blessing their Creator, when they enter there.''And, according to the Misnah (e), women, servants, and little ones, are free from the booths (i.e. are not obliged to dwelt in one), but a little one, who hath no need of its mother, is obliged to dwell in the booths: and elsewhere it is said, that sick persons, and such as wait upon them, are not obliged, nor messengers upon any business, nor travellers and watchmen in cities, and keepers of gardens and orchards; if such travel, or keep watch in the day, they are obliged to be in them at night, and if in the night, then they are to dwell in them in the day (f). Jarchi says, that everyone born in Israel comprehends proselytes, who were bound by this law.
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(c) Lebush, par. 2. c. 668. sect. 5. (d) Buxtorf. Synagog. Jud. c. 27. Leo Moden's History of the Rites of the Jews, par. 3. c. 7. sect. 6. (e) Misn. Succah, c. 2. sect. 6. (f) R. Alphes, par. 1. Succah, c. 2. fol. 374. 2. 375. 1.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v42 In booths - Which were erected in their cities…
In booths - Which were erected in their cities or towns, either in their streets, or gardens, or the tops of their houses. These were made flat, and therefore were fit for the use.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v43 Verse 43. That your generations may know, &c.] By…
Verse 43. That your generations may know, &c.] By the institution of this feast God had two great objects in view:
1. To perpetuate the wonderful display of his providence and grace in bringing them out of Egypt, and in preserving them in the wilderness.
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2. To excite and maintain in them a spirit of gratitude and obedience, by leading them to consider deeply the greatness of the favours which they had received from his most merciful hands.
SIGNAL displays of the mercy, kindness, and providential care of God should be particularly remembered. When we recollect that we deserve nothing at his hands, and that the debt of gratitude is all the debt we can pay, in it we should be cheerful, fervent, and frequent. An ungrateful heart is an unfeeling, unloving, unbelieving, and disobedient heart. Reader, pray to God that he may deliver thee from its influence and its curse.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v42 Lev 23:42. In booths — Which were erected in…
Lev 23:42. In booths — Which were erected in their cities or towns, either in their streets, or gardens, or the tops of their houses. These were made flat, and therefore were fit for this use.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v42 Booths - According to Jewish tradition, what were used…
Booths - According to Jewish tradition, what were used at the Feast of Tabernacles were strictly “tabernacula,” structures of boards, with a covering of boughs.
The “booth” in which the Israelite kept the Feast, and the “tent” which was his ordinary abode in the wilderness, had this in common - they were temporary places of sojourn, they belonged to camp-life. The seven days of abode in the booths of the festival was thus a fair symbol of the forty years of abode in tents in the wilderness. The Feast might well become the appointed memorial of this period of their history for the ages to come.
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All that are Israelites born - The omission of the foreigners in this command is remarkable. Perhaps the intention was that on this joyous occasion they were to be hospitably entertained as guests. Compare Deu 16:14.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v42 Days. Tostat affirms they might pass the nights in…
Days. Tostat affirms they might pass the nights in their houses; but most people suppose, the Jews spent the whole octave in bowers.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v42 42. Ye shall dwell in booths — This command…
42. Ye shall dwell in booths — This command excludes a cloth or skin covering, according to the decisions of Jewish expounders, and every thing pertaining to the animal and mineral kingdoms. Every thing withered, or faded, or of ill savour, or unclean, was also prohibited. The booths must be fresh and fragrant, in correspondence with the gladness of their tenants.
The first part of October, when this feast was celebrated, the weather in Palestine is neither hot nor cold, nor subject to storms, but admirably adapted to outdoor life.
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All… Israelites… shall dwell — The word “shall” is here altogether too strong a translation of the Hebrew future, which is often rendered by may or can. “To insist on the absolute universality is to become a bond-slave to the letter.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv42–43 (42) Dwell in booths seven days.—Because the eighth day…
(42) Dwell in booths seven days.—Because the eighth day was a separate festival, when the booths were no more used. (See Lev_23:36.)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v42 The feast of Tabernacles, Lev 23:34-44 is (like the…
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The feast of Tabernacles, Lev 23:34-44 is (like the Lord’s Supper for the church) both memorial and prophetic --memorial as to redemption out of Egypt Lev 23:43 prophetic as to the kingdom-rest of Israel after her regathering and restoration, when the feast again becomes memorial, not for Israel alone, but for all nations. Zec 14:16-21.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v42 General Information:
General Information:
Yahweh continues his instructions for the Festival of Shelters.
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your descendants, generation after generation, may learn
"Generation after generation" here is an idiom that refers to each generation that lives after another. AT: "your descendants belonging to all future generations may learn" or "all your descendants may learn forever" (See: Idiom)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v43 23:43 The Israelites were never to forget God’s great…
23:43 The Israelites were never to forget God’s great acts of redemption on their behalf, but were to remind each new generation of what God had done (Deut 4:9; 11:19). Their understanding of who they were and of who God was revolved around their knowledge of those things. See Deut 6:20-24; 26:5-9; Josh 24:2-13; Ps 136.
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