Deuteronomy 16:15

Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Seven	שִׁבְעַ֣ת shiv.'At	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · noun, common both genders singular construct
days	יָמִ֗ים ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
feast	תָּחֹג֙ ta.Chog	H2287	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
LORD	לַיהוָ֣ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
place	בַּמָּק֖וֹם ba.ma.Kom	H4725	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
choose	יִבְחַ֣ר yiv.Char	H977	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
bless	יְבָרֶכְךָ֞ ye.va.rekh.Kha	H1288	to kneel · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
increase	תְּבוּאָֽתְךָ֙ te.vu.'a.te.Kha	H8393	income · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
works	מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה ma.'a.Seh	H4639	an action (good or bad) · noun, common masculine singular construct
hands	יָדֶ֔יךָ ya.Dei.kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
rejoice	שָׂמֵֽחַ sa.Me.ach	H8056	blithe or gleeful · adjective, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Leviticus 23:36-42 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offe…
Deuteronomy 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgmen…
Deuteronomy 7:13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and…
Deuteronomy 16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto…
Deuteronomy 28:8-12 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in t…
Numbers 29:12-38 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:1-17

Much of the communion between God and his people Israel was kept up, and a face of religion preserved in the nation, by the three yearly feasts, the institution of which, and the laws concerning them, we have several times met with already; and here they are repeated. I. The law of the passover, so great a solemnity that it made the whole month, in the midst of which it was placed, considerable: Observe the month Abib, Deu 16:1. Though one week only of this month was to be kept as a festival, yet their preparations before must be so solemn, and their reflections upon it and improvements of it afterwards so serious, as to amount to an observance of the whole month. The month of Abib, or of ne…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 16:15

in all the works of thine hands . . . rejoice--that is, praising God with a warm and elevated heart. According to Jewish tradition, no marriages were allowed to be celebrated during these great festivals, that no personal or private rejoicings might be mingled with the demonstrations of public and national gladness.

John Gill on Deuteronomy 16:15

Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God,.... The feast of tabernacles still spoken of: in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose: the city of Jerusalem: because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy increase, and in all the works of thine hands; both in the increase of their fields, vineyards, and oliveyards, and also in their several handicraft trades and occupations they were employed in; so Aben Ezra interprets all the works of their hands of merchandise and manufactories: therefore thou shalt surely rejoice; extremely, heartily, and sincerely, and not fail to express joy on this occasion, and manifest it by a generous freewill offering to the Lord…

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John Calvin on Deuteronomy 16:3-17

Deuteronomy 16:3, 4 3. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it: seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; (for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste;) that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. 3. Non comedas cum illo fermentatum: septem diebus comedes cum illo infermentata, panem afflictionis: quia festinanter egressus es e terra Aegypti: ut memineris diei quo egressus es e terra Aegypti, omnibus diebus vitae tuae. 4. And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coasts seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst t…

Dictionary and topics

Feast Of Tabernacles, The · Lasted seven days — Lasted seven days

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 16:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:1-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 16:15

John Gill on Deuteronomy 16:15

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 16:3-17

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 16:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:1-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 16:15

John Gill on Deuteronomy 16:15

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 16:3-17

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 16:1-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 16:13-17

Rashi on Deuteronomy 16:15