Leviticus 23:33-44

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The Feast of Booths

33 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

34 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, ¹On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths^[a] to the Lord.

35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.

36 For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. ²On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a ³solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work.

37 ⁴“These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the Lord food offerings, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day,

38 ⁵besides the Lord’s Sabbaths and besides your gifts and besides all your vow offerings and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to the Lord.

39 “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have ⁶gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.

40 And ⁷you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and ⁸you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

41 ⁹You shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

42 ¹⁰You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths,

43 that ¹¹your generations may know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. ”

44 Thus Moses ¹²declared to the people of Israel the appointed feasts of the Lord.

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Leviticus 23:33-44 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 23

In this chapter an account is given of the several holy days, times, and seasons, appointed by God, under the general names of feasts and holy convocations; and first of the sabbath, Le 23:1-4; then of the passover and feast of unleavened bread, Le 23:5-8; to which is annexed the sheaf of the firstfruits, Le 23:9-14; after that of the feast of weeks or pentecost, Le 23:15-22; and of the feast of trumpets, Le 23:23-25; and of the day of atonement, Le 23:26-32; and of the feast of tabernacles, Le 23:33-44.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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Cross References 12

1. 23:34 Num. 29:12; Deut. 16:13; Ezra 3:4; Neh. 8:14; Ezek. 45:25; Hos. 12:9; Zech. 14:16; John 7:2
2. 23:36 Num. 29:35; Neh. 8:18; John 7:37
3. 23:36 Num. 29:35; Deut. 16:8; 2 Kgs. 10:20; 2 Chr. 7:9; Neh. 8:18; Isa. 1:13; Joel 1:14; 2:15; Amos 5:21
4. 23:37 ver. 2, 4
5. 23:38 Num. 29:39
6. 23:39 Ex. 23:16; Deut. 16:13
7. 23:40 See Neh. 8:14-18
8. 23:40 Deut. 16:14, 15
9. 23:41 See Num. 29:12-38
10. 23:42 See Neh. 8:14-18
11. 23:43 See Deut. 31:10-13
12. 23:44 ver. 2

Footnotes 1

[a] 23:34 Or 'tabernacles'