Leviticus 23:39

39 "`Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days; on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

Leviticus 23:39 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 23:39

Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month
The month Tisri or September, the same month, and the same day of the month before observed; only another end and use of this feast is remarked, which was to give thanks for the fruits of the earth gathered in, as follows:

when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land;
the barley, wheat, oil and wine, and all others, this being now autumn, when the several fruits were ripe and gathered: ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days; not different from that before mentioned, but the same, one design of which is here suggested, to give thanks for the fruits of the earth: hence this feast is sometimes called the feast of ingathering, ( Exodus 23:16 ) ( 34:22 ) ; as another use of it is after mentioned, to commemorate the children of Israel dwelling in booths in the wilderness:

on the first day [shall be] a sabbath, and on the eighth day [shall
be] a sabbath;
because on both there was a cessation from servile work, ( Leviticus 23:35 Leviticus 23:36 ) .

Leviticus 23:39 In-Context

37 "`These are the feasts of the LORD which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering and a meat offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, every thing upon his day"

38 besides the Sabbaths of the LORD, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which ye give unto the LORD

39 "`Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days; on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

40 And ye shall take for yourselves on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations; ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.