Leviticus 23:39
in Leviticus 23On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.
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ASV
Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of Jehovah seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
KJV
Also in 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.
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This verse in Leviticus 23
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Also - Surely. The mode in which the Feast of Tabernacles is here reintroduced, after the mention of it in Lev 23:34-36, may suggest that this passage originally formed a distinct document. The fruit of the land - i. e. the produce, including the grain, the olives, the vintage and the fruits of all kinds. The time of year so indicated would answer in the holy land to the beginning of October. See Exo 23:16 note.
This site's exposition
On the fifteenth day of the seventh month
on Leviticus 23:39-41
At verse 40 the people are told to rejoice before the LORD their God seven days. The word rejoice occurs once in the whole of Leviticus, in a book otherwise given to blood, quarantine and penalties.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
This is no addition of a new, but only a repetition of the former injunction, with a more particular explication both of the manner and reason of the feast. The fruit - Not the corn, which was gathered long before, but that of the trees, as vines, olives, and other fruit-trees: which compleated the harvest, whence this is called the feast of in-gathering.
And the worship of God under the New Testament is prophesied of under the notion of keeping the feast of tabernacles, Zech. xiv. For, [1.] The gospel of Christ teaches us to dwell in tabernacles, to sit loose to this world, as those that have here no continuing city, but by faith, and hope and holy contempt of present things, to go out to Christ without the camp, Heb. xiii.
Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
While the solid branches were reserved for the construction of the booths, the lighter branches were carried by men, who marched in triumphal procession, singing psalms and crying "Hosanna!" which signifies, "Save, we beseech thee!" (Ps 118:15, 25, 26). It was a season of great rejoicing.
How the passage was read
On Leviticus 23:1-44On Leviticus 23:1-44
The year Israel keeps
This chapter is the calendar of the whole Jewish year, and every feast in it is still on the calendar today. In order: the weekly Sabbath; Passover and Unleavened Bread in spring (now kept as the seder meal and a week without leavened bread); Firstfruits (the first sheaf of barley waved before God); Weeks, in Hebrew Shavuot, fifty days later (Christians know the Greek name: Pentecost); then in autumn the Day of Trumpets (now Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, announced by the ram's-horn trumpet called a shofar), the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur, the great fast), and Tabernacles, in Hebrew Sukkot, when families still build and eat in leafy backyard booths for a week, remembering the wilderness.
So when the New Testament says Jesus or Paul went up for “the feast,” it means one of these appointments: the same calendar, kept for over three thousand years.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: The Feasts of the LORD (this site's study of all seven) · Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1:1 (the four new years)
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַ֡ךְ | ʾakh | surely | H389 → | 161 times |
| בַּחֲמִשָּׁה֩ | bachamishah | on [the] fif- | H2568 → | 343 times |
| עָשָׂ֨ר | ʾasar | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| י֜וֹם | yom | day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י | hashevii | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| בְּאָסְפְּכֶם֙ | beaspekhem | when have gathered you | H622 → | 200 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תְּבוּאַ֣ת | tevuat | [the] produce of | H8393 → | 42 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| תָּחֹ֥גּוּ | tachogu | you will celebrate a festival | H2287 → | 16 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חַג־ | chag- | [the] festival of | H2282 → | 62 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| שִׁבְעַ֣ת | shivat | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| יָמִ֑ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בַּיּ֤וֹם | baiyom | [is] on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָֽרִאשׁוֹן֙ | harishon | <the> first | H7223 → | 182 times |
| שַׁבָּת֔וֹן | shabaton | a sabbath observance | H7677 → | 11 times |
| וּבַיּ֥וֹם | uvaiyom | and [is] on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְּׁמִינִ֖י | hashemini | <the> eighth | H8066 → | 28 times |
| שַׁבָּתֽוֹן׃ | shabaton | a sabbath observance | H7677 → | 11 times |
אַ֡ךְsurely
ʾakhH389 →161 times
בַּחֲמִשָּׁה֩on [the] fif-
bachamishahH2568 →343 times
עָשָׂ֨רteen
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
י֜וֹםday
yomH3117 →2304 times
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י<the> seventh
hasheviiH7637 →98 times
בְּאָסְפְּכֶם֙when have gathered you
beaspekhemH622 →200 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תְּבוּאַ֣ת[the] produce of
tevuatH8393 →42 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
תָּחֹ֥גּוּyou will celebrate a festival
tachoguH2287 →16 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חַג־[the] festival of
chag-H2282 →62 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
שִׁבְעַ֣תseven
shivatH7651 →394 times
יָמִ֑יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
בַּיּ֤וֹם[is] on the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הָֽרִאשׁוֹן֙<the> first
harishonH7223 →182 times
שַׁבָּת֔וֹןa sabbath observance
shabatonH7677 →11 times
וּבַיּ֥וֹםand [is] on the day
uvaiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְּׁמִינִ֖י<the> eighth
hasheminiH8066 →28 times
שַׁבָּתֽוֹן׃a sabbath observance
shabatonH7677 →11 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 23:34“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
it leads to
- John 7:2
However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 8:14
And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month.
- John 7:2
Through
Exodus 23:16You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year,…
it leads to
- Exodus 34:22
And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
- Exodus 34:22
Through
Leviticus 23:24“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…
- 1 Corinthians 15:52
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
- Leviticus 25:9
Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
- Numbers 29:1–6
“On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
Through
Leviticus 23:36For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to…
it leads to
- Nehemiah 8:18
Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they…
- Nehemiah 8:18
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.