And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, literally, "fruit of ornamental trees. " whose long composite leaves would serve well for purposes of decoration, branches of palm-trees, and the boughs of thick trees, such with heavy foliage, and willows of the brook, all these being used in the construction of booths; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord, your God, seven days. Cf Nehemiah 8:15 ff.
Verse Leviticus 23:40. _BOUGHS OF GOODLY TREES_] The Jews and many critics imagine the _citron-tree_ to be intended, and by _boughs of thick_ _tree_ the _myrtle_....
THE BOUGHS OF GOODLY TREES - Or, the fruit (see the margin) of the citron trees. It is said that every Israelite at the Feast of tabernacles carried in one hand a bundle of branches and in the other a...
VI. THE HOLY FEASTS AND SET TIMES 1. The Holy Feasts and Set Times CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The Sabbath (Leviticus 23:1)_ 2. The feast of Passover and feast of unleavened bread (Leviticus 23:4) 3. The fir...
THE FESTIVAL OF TENTS (pp. 1021). This the final harvest home (fruit and vintage). It would naturally be, as elsewhere, of a joyous character. The Hebrew countryside, indeed, had turned the vintage in...
LEVITICUS 23:39 is probably the earlier; no sacrifices are mentioned, but the character of a solemn commemoration of the wilderness years is given to the joyous week, as the Church connected pagan win...
BEFORE THE LORD. Hebrew before the face of Jehovah (App-4). Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ App-6. = in the presence of....
_An Appendix, dealing with the Feast of Booths_(mainly H)...
_fruit of goodly trees_ i.e. fruit of goodly (ornamental, beautiful) trees, or goodly tree fruit (so Dillm.). _boughs of thick trees_ According to Onkelos, myrtle branches, but the expression may have...
DISCOURSE: 137 THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Leviticus 23:39. 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:...
YE SHALL TAKE YOU ON THE FIRST DAY THE BOUGHS, &C.— What we render _boughs of goodly trees,_ is, in the Hebrew, _the fruit of the beautiful tree;_ which the Targum explains _of the citron-tree;_ the _...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES 23:33-44 TEXT 23:33-44 33 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of ta...
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ The feast of tabernacles, х_ CHAG_ (H2282) _ HA-CUKOWT_ (H5521), festival of the booths (see the notes at Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:22, where it is called, c
THE SACRED SEASONS These are the Sabbath (Leviticus 23:3), Passover and Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:5), Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost (Leviticus 23:15), Feast of Trumpets ...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
AND YE SHALL TAKE YOU ON THE FIRST DAY. — The four species of vegetable production here ordered are a distinctive feature of this festival. They have been most minutely defined during the second Templ...
וּ לְקַחְתֶּ֨ם לָכֶ֜ם בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הָ...
THE SET FEASTS OF THE LORD Leviticus 23:1 IT is ever an instinct of natural religion to observe certain set times for special public and united worship. As we should therefore anticipate, such obser...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Leviticus 23:33 "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Leviticus 23:33 The annual Feast of Tabernacles was a beautiful custom, when the whole people removed from their dwellings to spend the days and nights in the booths, constru...
The feasts of Jehovah were national l signs and symbols. These were now dealt with. The foremost place was given to the Sabbath. Its constant recurrence, governed not by the natural order, but by the...
Fairest tree, branches of the orange or citron tree, laden with blossoms and fruit. (Tirinus) --- Josephus ([Antiquities?] iii. 10) says, they took branches of myrtle, willows, and palm trees, on whic...
Moses here finisheth his commission, in relation to these feasts, somewhat like the apostle in after ages. 1 Corinthians 15:3....
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
40._And ye shall take you on the first day. _By this symbol the Jews were instructed that this day was to be celebrated with joy and gladness; for it was not only a memorial of the favor which He had...
We have now come to the feasts (chap. 23). It is the full [1] year of the counsels of God towards His people, and the rest which was the end of those counsels. There were consequently seven-a number e...
AND YE SHALL TAKE YOU THE BOUGHS OF GOODLY TREES,.... Which the three Targums interpret, of citrons; and so Jarchi and Aben Ezra; and the Jews are so tenacious of observing this, that in those countri...
_Of goodly trees_ Namely, olive, myrtle, and pine, mentioned Nehemiah 8:15, which were most plentiful there, and which would best preserve their greenness. _Thick trees_ Fit for shade and shelter. _An...
1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The Sabbath. 4 The Passeouer. 9 The Sheafe of first fruits. 15 The Feast of Pentecost. 22 Gleanings to be left for the poore. 23 The Feast of Trumpets. 26 The day of...
THE SET TIMES OF THE LORD (VV. 1-43) The times of special observance in Israel are called “feasts” in most translations, yet all were not feasts for Israel, as per the day of atonement (vv. 26-32), wh...
BOUGHS: _ Heb._ fruit...
33-44 In the feast of Tabernacles there was a remembrance of their dwelling in tents, or booths, in the wilderness, as well as their fathers dwelling in tents in Canaan; to remind them of their origi...
BOUGHS, Heb. _the fruit_, i.e. fruit-bearing boughs, or branches with the fruit on them, as the word _fruit_ seems to be taken, 2 KINGS 19:30 EZEKIEL 19:12. _Goodly trees_, to wit, the olive, myrtle,...
One of the most profound and comprehensive Chapter s in the inspired volume now lies open before us, and claims our prayerful study. It contains the record of the seven great feasts or periodical sole...
Leviticus 23:40 take H3947 (H8804) first H7223 day H3117 fruit H6529 beautiful H1926 trees H6086 branches H3709
FURTHER INSTRUCTION ON THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES RE DWELLING IN BOOTHS (LEVITICUS 23:39). Leviticus 23:39 “Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of t...
CONTENTS: The feasts of Jehovah. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The Sabbaths of the Lord in our dwellings will be their beauty, strength and safety (by rising on the first day of the week and m...
Leviticus 23:3. _Convocation._ מקרא, _mickra_ is rendered _ecclesia,_ or church, seventy times, and _synagogue_ thirty seven times. In the next phrase it is changed for the word _dwellings,_ for the L...
_The Feast of Tabernacles._ THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES I. It was a protracted religious meeting. II. It was a thanksgiving for God’s bounty in a completed harvest. III. It was a commemoration of mer...
_These are My feasts._ THE HOLY FESTIVALS I. Commentators generally on this part of Hebrew law have remarked upon the social, political, and commercial benefits resulting to the Jewish people from th...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 23:1 Holy Times. These chapters address holiness in relation to time. ⇐...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 23:37 These six APPOINTED FEASTS are to help the people worship the Lord and remember his work on their behalf. Verses Leviticus
Israel’s Holy Festivals SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 23:2.—Concerning the feasts of the Lord. Religion has its joy seasons, its festive aspects. Israel’s sacred feasts symbolised the festivals of t...
EXPOSITION LEVITICUS 23:8 The Feast of Unleavened Bread was instituted at the same time with the Feast of the Passover (Exodus 12:15-2), and from the beginning the two festivals were practically but...
Chapter twenty-three, God outlines the various holidays, the feast days for the children of Israel. First of all in the first three verses, God deals with the Sabbath day once more. The seventh day is...
1 Peter 1:8; Deuteronomy 16:14; Deuteronomy 16:15; Isaiah 35:10;...
Of goodly trees — Namely, olive, myrtle and pine, mentioned, Nehemiah 8:15, which were most plentiful there, and which would best preserve their greenness. Thick trees — Fit for shade and shelter. And...