Leviticus 23:34

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Speak	דַּבֵּ֛ר da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
children	בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
fifteenth	בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה ba.cha.mi.Shah	H2568	five · preposition + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
day	י֗וֹם Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
seventh	הַשְּׁבִיעִי֙ ha.she.vi.'I	H7637	seventh · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
month	לַחֹ֤דֶשׁ la.Cho.desh	H2320	the new moon · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
feast	חַ֧ג chag	H2282	a festival · noun, common masculine singular construct
tabernacles	הַסֻּכּ֛וֹת ha.su.Kot	H5521	a hut or lair · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
seven	שִׁבְעַ֥ת shiv.'At	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
days	יָמִ֖ים ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
LORD	לַיהֹוָֽה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title

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Cross-references

Nehemiah 8:14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of…
John 7:2 Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Numbers 29:12 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…
Ezra 3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the…
Exodus 34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
Zechariah 14:16-19 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to…
Exodus 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the e…
Deuteronomy 16:13-15 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:33–end

We have here, I. The institution of the feast of tabernacles, which was one of the three great feasts at which all the males were bound to attend, and celebrated with more expressions of joy than any of them. 1. As to the directions for regulating this feast, observe, (1.) It was to be observed on the fifteenth day of the seventh month (Lev 23:34), but five days after the day of atonement. We may suppose, though they were not all bound to attend on the day of atonement, as on the three great festivals, yet that many of the devout Jews came up so many days before the feast of tabernacles as to enjoy the opportunity of attending on the day of atonement. Now, [1.] The afflicting of their souls…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 23:34

the feast of tabernacles, for seven days unto the Lord--This festival, which was instituted in grateful commemoration of the Israelites having securely dwelt in booths or tabernacles in the wilderness, was the third of the three great annual festivals, and, like the other two, it lasted a week. It began on the fifteenth day of the month, corresponding to the end of our September and beginning of October, which was observed as a Sabbath; and it could be celebrated only at the place of the sanctuary, offerings being made on the altar every day of its continuance. The Jews were commanded during the whole period of the festival to dwell in booths, which were erected on the flat roofs of houses,…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 23:34

The feast of tabernacles - In this solemnity the people left their houses, and dwelt in booths or tents made of the branches of goodly trees and thick trees, (of what kind the text does not specify), together with palm-trees and willows of the brook, Lev 23:40. And in these they dwelt seven days, in commemoration of their forty years' sojourning and dwelling in tents in the wilderness while destitute of any fixed habitations. In imitation of this feast among the people of God, the Gentiles had their feasts of tents. Plutarch speaks particularly of feasts of this kind in honor of Bacchus, and thinks from the custom of the Jews in celebrating the feast of tabernacles, that they worshipped the…

Dictionary and topics

Festivals, Religious — There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9;…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Tabernacles, Feast of — The third of the great annual festivals of the Jews (Lev. 23:33-43). It is also called the “feast of ingathering” (Ex. 23:16; Deut. 16:13). It was celebrated immediately after the harvest, in the…
Tabernacles, The Feast Of — (Exodus 23:16) (“the feast of ingathering”), the third of the three great festivals: of the Hebrews, which lasted from the 15th till the 22d of Tisri.
Tent — (1.) Heb. ‘ohel (Gen. 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isa. 16:5; Jer. 4:20), and of the temple (Ezek. 41:1). When used of the tabernacle, as in 1 Kings…
Ethanim · Feast of Tabernacles in — Feast of Tabernacles in
Feast Of Tabernacles, The · Began fifteenth of seventh month — Began fifteenth of seventh month
Sanitation · REST COMMAN — REST COMMAN
Seven · .The Feast of Tabernacles lasted for — .The Feast of Tabernacles lasted for
Tabernacles, Feast Of · Institute — Institute

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).

Leviticus 23:34

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:33–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 23:34

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 23:34

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 23:34

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:33–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 23:34

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 23:34

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Leviticus 23:34

John Calvin on Leviticus 23:22–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 23:33-37

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 23:34-43

Rashi on Leviticus 23:31