Nehemiah 8:17

8:17 So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 16:11

16:11 You shall rejoice before him ²  – you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, ³  the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you – in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.

Deuteronomy 16:2

16:2 You must sacrifice the Passover animal ⁴  (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he ⁵  chooses to locate his name.

Deuteronomy 6:12

6:12 be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery. ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 6:2

6:2 and that you may so revere the Lord your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments ⁷  that I am giving ⁸  you – you, your children, and your grandchildren – all your lives, to prolong your days.

Deuteronomy 29:1

Narrative Interlude

29:1 (28:69) ⁹  These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb. ¹⁰ 

Ezra 6:16

6:16 The people ¹¹  of Israel – the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles ¹²  – observed the dedication of this temple of God with joy.

Psalms 98:4-6

98:4 Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!

Break out in a joyful shout and sing!

98:5 Sing to the Lord accompanied by a harp,

accompanied by a harp and the sound of music!

98:6 With trumpets and the blaring of the ram’s horn,

shout out praises before the king, the Lord!

Psalms 100:1-2

Psalm 100 ¹³ 

A thanksgiving psalm.

100:1 Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!

100:2 Worship ¹⁴  the Lord with joy!

Enter his presence with joyful singing!

Philippians 4:4

4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!

[8:17]  ¹ tn Heb “And there was very great joy.”

[16:11]  ² tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:11]  ³ tn Heb “gates.”

[16:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “sacrifice the Passover” (so NASB). The word “animal” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[16:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in the previous verse.

[6:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “out of the house of slavery” (so NASB, NRSV).

[6:2]  ⁷ tn Here the terms are not the usual חֻקִּים (khuqqim) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim; as in v. 1) but חֻקֹּת (khuqqot, “statutes”) and מִצְוֹת (mitsot, “commandments”). It is clear that these terms are used interchangeably and that their technical precision ought not be overly stressed.

[6:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “commanding.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation.

[29:1]  ⁹ sn Beginning with 29:1, the verse numbers through 29:29 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 29:1 ET = 28:69 HT, 29:2 ET = 29:1 HT, 29:3 ET = 29:2 HT, etc., through 29:29 ET = 29:28 HT. With 30:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[29:1]  ¹⁰ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (which some English versions substitute here for clarity, cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

[6:16]  ¹¹ tn Aram “sons of.”

[6:16]  ¹² tn Aram “sons of the exile.”

[100:1]  ¹³ sn Psalm 100. The psalmist celebrates the fact that Israel has a special relationship to God and summons worshipers to praise the Lord for his faithfulness.

[100:2]  ¹⁴ tn Or “serve.”