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Text -- Leviticus 23:31-44 (NET)
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23:31 You must not do any work . This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live .
23:32 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening , from evening until evening you must observe your Sabbath .”
The Festival of Booths
23:33 The Lord spoke to Moses :
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 .
23:35 On the first day is a holy assembly ; you must do no regular work .
23:36 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 .
23:37 “‘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 ,
23:38 besides the Sabbaths of the Lord and all your gifts , votive offerings , and freewill offerings which you must give to the Lord .
23:39 “‘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 .
23:40 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 .
23:41 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 .
23:42 You must live in temporary shelters for seven days ; every native citizen in Israel must live in temporary shelters ,
23:43 so that your future generations may know that I made the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out from the land of Egypt . I am the Lord your God .’”
23:44 So Moses spoke to the Israelites about the appointed times of the Lord .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Tabernacles, Feast of |
Convocation |
CRITICISM |
Seven |
Sabbath |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
TRUMPETS, FEAST OF |
Israel |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
FEASTS AND FASTS |
Festivals, Religious |
Ethanim |
LAW OF MOSES |
Sanitation |
Booth |
Offerings |
HOSEA |
ATONEMENT, DAY OF |
TABERNACLES, THE FEAST OF |
DAY |
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NET Notes: Lev 23:34 The rendering “booths” (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV) is probably better than the traditional “tabernacles” in light of the meaning of ...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:35 Heb “work of service”; KJV “servile work”; NASB “laborious work”; TEV “daily work.”
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NET Notes: Lev 23:36 The Hebrew term עֲצֶרֶת (’atseret) “solemn assembly [day]” derives from a root associated ...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:37 Heb “a matter of a day in its day”; NAB “as prescribed for each day”; NRSV, NLT “each on its proper day.”
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NET Notes: Lev 23:38 Heb “from to separation.” See BDB 94 s.v. בַּד 1.e for an explanation of this phrase. This phrase is repeated in f...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:39 Heb “Surely on the fifteenth day.” The Hebrew adverbial particle אַךְ (’akh) is left untranslated by most re...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:40 Heb “fruit of majestic trees,” but the following terms and verses define what is meant by this expression. For extensive remarks on the ce...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:42 Heb “in the huts” (again at the end of this verse and in v. 43), perhaps referring to temporary shelters (i.e., huts) made of the foliage ...
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