Deuteronomy 16:14
And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
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ASV
and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
KJV
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
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Commentary
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Three times a year, on the road
This passage sets the rhythm behind half the New Testament's travel scenes: three times a year (Passover, Weeks, Tabernacles) every Israelite male was to appear “before the LORD” at the one chosen place, which became Jerusalem. That is pilgrimage: whole families and villages walking or riding for days, camping, filling the city to bursting. It is why the boy Jesus is in Jerusalem in Luke 2, why the city is crowded at the crucifixion, and why devout Jews “from every nation” are there at Pentecost in Acts 2.
The Mishnah opens its tractate on the festival visit by asking exactly who is obligated to make the trip (Chagigah 1:1): men were bound; women and children came freely, as Mary did.
Sources: Mishnah Chagigah 1:1 (who must appear) · Luke 2:41 (the family's yearly pilgrimage)
Original language & word study
13 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ | ve.sa.mach.Ta | and you will rejoice | H8055 → |
| בְּחַגֶּ֑ךָ | be.cha.Ge.kha | at festival your | H2282 → |
| אַתָּ֨ה | 'a.Tah | you | H859 → |
| וּבִנְךָ֤ | u.vin.Kha | and son your | H1121 → |
| וּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙ | u.vi.Te.kha | and daughter your | H1323 → |
| וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ | ve.'av.de.Kha | and [male] servant your | H5650 → |
| וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ | va.'a.ma.Te.kha | and female servant your | H519 → |
| וְהַלֵּוִ֗י | ve.ha.le.Vi | and the Levite | H3881 → |
| וְהַגֵּ֛ר | ve.ha.Ger | and the sojourner | H1616 → |
| וְהַיָּת֥וֹם | ve.hai.ya.Tom | and the fatherless one | H3490 → |
| וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖ה | ve.ha.'al.ma.Nah | and the widow | H490 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | who | H834 → |
| בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃ | bish.'a.Rei.kha | [are] in gates your | H8179 → |
The walk
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The Hebrew Feasts
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Pentecost
The fiftieth day, read twice — the Law given in fire at Sinai, the Spirit given in fire in Jerusalem.
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