Deuteronomy 16:13

The Festival of Tabernacles

13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

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Deuteronomy 16:13 in Other Translations

KJV

13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:

ESV

13 "You shall keep the Feast of Booths seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your winepress.

NLT

13 “You must observe the Festival of Shelters for seven days at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed and the grapes have been pressed.

MSG

13 Observe the Feast-of-Booths for seven days when you gather the harvest from your threshing-floor and your wine-vat.

CSB

13 "You are to celebrate the Festival of Booths for seven days when you have gathered in [everything] from your threshing floor and winepress.

Deuteronomy 16:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 16:13

Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days
Which began on the fifteenth day of Tisri, or September; see ( Leviticus 23:34 ) , &c.

after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine;
and therefore sometimes called the feast of ingathering, ( Exodus 23:16 ) , barley harvest began at the passover, and wheat harvest at Pentecost; and before the feast of tabernacles began, the vintage and the gathering of the olives were over, as well as all other summer fruits were got in.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 16:13 In-Context

11 And rejoice before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.

13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

14 Be joyful at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.

15 For seven days celebrate the festival to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

Cross References 2

1. S Leviticus 2:14; Leviticus 23:34
2. S Genesis 27:37; S Exodus 23:16