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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Gill's Exposition
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying,.... Giving them directions about keeping a feast, in which the whole body of them had a very special and particular concern:
the fifteenth day of this…
Barnes' Notes
Seven days - Like the Passover, the feast of tabernacles commenced at the full moon, on the fifteenth day of the month, and lasted for seven days. The week of the feast was followed by an eighth day,…
Adam Clarke
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),…
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…
The Feast of Tabernacles (P). Cp. Num 29:7-11; Deu 16:13-15; Ezr 3:4; Deu 31:10 f. directs that in the sabbatical year the Law should be publicly read at this Feast, the carrying out of which…
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