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- Verse 15
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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…
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,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the place which the Lord shall choose On the effects of the centralisation of the feasts see introd. to Deu 16:1-17.
and thou shalt be altogether joyful Heb. only, or nothing but, joyful. This…
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