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Then celebrate with joy before the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/esv/leviticus/23.htm">English Standard Version</a> And you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/23.htm">King James Bible</a> And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/23.htm">New King James Version</a> And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and branches of trees with thick branches and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall be glad before Yahweh your God for seven days. <a href="/amp/leviticus/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick (leafy) trees, and willows of the brook [and make booths of them]; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/csb/leviticus/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> On the first day you are to take the product of majestic trees—palm fronds, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook —and rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> On the first day you are to take the product of majestic trees—palm fronds, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook—and rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/asv/leviticus/23.htm">American Standard Version</a> And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days. <a href="/cev/leviticus/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Pick the best fruit from your trees and cut leafy branches to use during the time of this joyous celebration in my honor. <a href="/erv/leviticus/23.htm">English Revised Version</a> And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> On the first day take the best fruits, palm branches, the branches of leafy trees and poplars, and celebrate in the presence of the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/23.htm">Good News Translation</a> On that day take some of the best fruit from your trees, take palm branches and limbs from leafy trees, and begin a religious festival to honor the LORD your God. <a href="/isv/leviticus/23.htm">International Standard Version</a> "On the first day, take branches from impressive fruit trees, branches from palm trees, boughs from thick trees, and poplars from the brooks. Then you are to rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/msb/leviticus/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/net/leviticus/23.htm">NET Bible</a> On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees--palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook--and you must rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. <a href="/web/leviticus/23.htm">World English Bible</a> You shall take on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God seven days. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and you have taken for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palms, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of a brook, and have rejoiced before your God YHWH [for] seven days. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and ye have taken to yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palms, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of a brook, and have rejoiced before Jehovah your God seven days. <a href="/slt/leviticus/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And take ye to yourselves in the first day the fruit of the tree of ornament, palms of the palm trees, and branches of the tree interwoven, and willows of the stream; and ye rejoiced before Jehovah your God seven days.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And you shall take to you on the first day the fruits of the fairest tree, and branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you shall take for yourselves, on the first day, the fruits of the most beautiful tree, and branches of palm trees, and branches of trees with thick foliage, and willows from the torrent. And you shall rejoice in the sight of the Lord your God. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/23.htm">New American Bible</a> On the first day you shall gather fruit of majestic trees, branches of palms, and boughs of leafy trees and valley willows. Then for a week you shall make merry before the LORD, your God. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> On the first day you shall take the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruits of goodly trees, citron, branches of palm trees, myrtle, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days, all the people of the house of Israel. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Take to you in the first day the fruit of beautiful orange trees and the hearts of palm trees and myrtle and willow, and rejoice before LORD JEHOVAH your God seven days, all of the house of Israel.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. <a href="/sep/leviticus/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And on the first day ye shall take goodly fruit of trees, and branches of palm trees, and thick boughs of trees, and willows, and branches of osiers from the brook, to rejoice before the Lord your God seven days in the year. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/23-40.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6384" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">The Feast of Tabernacles</a> …39On 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. 40<a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·wn (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">On the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: ū·lə·qaḥ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">you are to gather</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6529.htm" title="6529: pə·rî (N-msc) -- Fruit. From parah; fruit.">the fruit</a> <a href="/hebrew/1926.htm" title="1926: hā·ḏār (N-ms) -- An ornament, honor, splendor. From hadar; magnificence, i.e. Ornament or splendor.">of majestic</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ (N-msc) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">trees,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: kap·pōṯ (N-fpc) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">the branches</a> <a href="/hebrew/8558.htm" title="8558: tə·mā·rîm (N-mp) -- Palm tree, date palm. From an unused root meaning to be erect; a palm tree.">of palm trees,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6057.htm" title="6057: wa·‘ă·nap̄ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A branch, bough. From an unused root meaning to cover; a twig.">and the boughs</a> <a href="/hebrew/5687.htm" title="5687: ‘ā·ḇōṯ (Adj-ms) -- (having) interwoven (foliage), leafy. Or rabowth; from abath; intwined, i.e. Dense.">of leafy</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ- (N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">trees</a> <a href="/hebrew/6155.htm" title="6155: wə·‘ar·ḇê- (Conj-w:: N-fpc) -- (a kind of tree) perhaps poplar, also a wadi in Moab. From arab; a willow.">and of willows</a> <a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: nā·ḥal (N-ms) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft.">of the brook.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8055.htm" title="8055: ū·śə·maḥ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- Rejoice, be glad. A primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. be blithe or gleesome.">And you are to rejoice</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">for seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days.</a> 41You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/nehemiah/8-15.htm">Nehemiah 8:15</a> and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.” <a href="/deuteronomy/16-14.htm">Deuteronomy 16:14-15</a> 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. / For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete. <a href="/zechariah/14-16.htm">Zechariah 14:16</a> Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. <a href="/1_kings/8-2.htm">1 Kings 8:2</a> And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">2 Chronicles 7:8-10</a> So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days. / On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more. / On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel. <a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-39</a> On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Revelation 7:9-10</a> After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. / And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” <a href="/psalms/118-25.htm">Psalm 118:25-27</a> O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper! / Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you. / The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. <a href="/isaiah/12-3.htm">Isaiah 12:3-6</a> With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, / and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted. / Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth. ... <a href="/matthew/21-8.htm">Matthew 21:8-9</a> A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. / The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!” <a href="/mark/11-8.htm">Mark 11:8-10</a> Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields. / The ones who went ahead and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” / “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest!” <a href="/luke/19-36.htm">Luke 19:36-38</a> As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road. / And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen: / “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” <a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Exodus 23:16</a> You 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, when you gather your produce from the field. <a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22</a> 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. <a href="/numbers/29-12.htm">Numbers 29:12-40</a> On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days. / As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a food offering, a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, / along with the grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil with each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths of an ephah with each of the two rams, ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And you shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.the boughs [heb] fruit<a href="/nehemiah/8-15.htm">Nehemiah 8:15</a> And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.<a href="/matthew/21-8.htm">Matthew 21:8</a> And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.of palm trees<a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Psalm 92:12</a> The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.<a href="/john/12-13.htm">John 12:13</a> Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.<a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Revelation 7:9</a> After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;rejoice<a href="/deuteronomy/16-14.htm">Deuteronomy 16:14,15</a> 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… <a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Isaiah 35:10</a> And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.<a href="/isaiah/66-10.htm">Isaiah 66:10</a> Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/39-28.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/daniel/4-12.htm">Boughs</a> <a href="/exodus/37-22.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/genesis/32-23.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-39.htm">First</a> <a href="/daniel/4-21.htm">Foliage</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-39.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/exodus/39-28.htm">Goodly</a> <a href="/mark/11-8.htm">Leafy</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-29.htm">Palm</a> <a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-39.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/39-18.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-23.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-4.htm">Willows</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-32.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/24-5.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-20.htm">Boughs</a> <a href="/numbers/24-7.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/numbers/13-23.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">First</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-28.htm">Foliage</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/numbers/24-5.htm">Goodly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Leafy</a> <a href="/numbers/33-9.htm">Palm</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-7.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-41.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-11.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/job/40-22.htm">Willows</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 23</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/23-1.htm">The feasts of the Lord</a> 3. <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">the Sabbath</a> 4. <a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">The Passover</a> 9. <a href="/leviticus/23-9.htm">The sheaf of firstfruits</a> 15. <a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">The feast of Pentecost</a> 22. <a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Gleanings to be left for the poor</a> 23. <a href="/leviticus/23-23.htm">The feast of trumpets</a> 26. <a href="/leviticus/23-26.htm">The day of atonement</a> 33. <a href="/leviticus/23-33.htm">The feast of tabernacles</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It is celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month, Tishrei, in the Hebrew calendar. This timing is significant as it follows the harvest, symbolizing gratitude and dependence on God's provision.you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees The "fruit of majestic trees" likely refers to the etrog, a citron fruit, which is part of the traditional "Four Species" used during Sukkot. This fruit symbolizes beauty and abundance, reflecting the bounty of the land God provided to the Israelites. The etrog is also seen as a symbol of the heart, representing the inner spiritual life of a believer.the branches of palm trees Palm branches, or lulav, are another of the Four Species. Palms were abundant in the region and are often associated with victory and triumph in biblical texts. In the New Testament, palm branches are used to welcome Jesus during His triumphal entry into Jerusalem (<a href="/john/12-13.htm">John 12:13</a>), symbolizing His kingship and victory.and the boughs of leafy trees This likely refers to the myrtle branches, known as hadas, which are part of the Four Species. Myrtle is a fragrant plant, symbolizing the sweet aroma of a life lived in obedience to God. The myrtle's leaves are shaped like eyes, representing enlightenment and understanding.and of willows of the brook Willow branches, or aravah, complete the Four Species. Willows grow near water, symbolizing the need for spiritual nourishment and the sustenance that comes from God. They are also seen as representing the lips, emphasizing the importance of speech and prayer in worship.And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days Rejoicing is a central theme of the Feast of Tabernacles, emphasizing joy in God's presence and provision. This command to rejoice highlights the importance of gratitude and celebration in the life of faith. The seven days of celebration also point to the completeness and perfection of God's creation and His covenant with Israel. In a broader sense, this joy foreshadows the ultimate joy found in Jesus Christ, who provides eternal life and fulfillment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The primary audience of the Levitical laws, including the instructions for the Feast of Tabernacles. 2. <a href="/topical/f/feast_of_tabernacles.htm">Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)</a> A Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' journey through the wilderness and God's provision. 3. <a href="/topical/m/majestic_trees,_palm_branches,_leafy_trees,_willows.htm">Majestic Trees, Palm Branches, Leafy Trees, Willows</a> Specific types of vegetation used in the celebration, symbolizing joy and God's creation. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant God of Israel, who commands the celebration and is the focus of the rejoicing. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_journey.htm">The Wilderness Journey</a> The historical context of the Israelites' 40-year journey, which the Feast of Tabernacles commemorates.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/j/joyful_obedience.htm">Joyful Obedience</a> The command to rejoice before the LORD highlights the importance of joy in our worship and obedience to God. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_creation.htm">Symbolism of Creation</a> The use of natural elements in worship reminds us of God's creation and provision, encouraging us to appreciate and steward the environment. <a href="/topical/r/remembrance_and_thanksgiving.htm">Remembrance and Thanksgiving</a> The Feast of Tabernacles serves as a time to remember God's past faithfulness and express gratitude for His ongoing provision. <a href="/topical/c/community_celebration.htm">Community Celebration</a> The communal aspect of the feast underscores the importance of gathering with fellow believers to celebrate God's goodness. <a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_fulfillment.htm">Anticipation of Fulfillment</a> The prophetic connections to the Feast of Tabernacles point to the ultimate fulfillment in Christ and the future Messianic kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 23</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'called_by_his_purpose'_mean.htm">How is Jesus represented in each book of the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'starry_host'_mean_biblically.htm">What does 'starry host' mean in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/do_lev._23_39-40_rituals_mirror_other_cultures.htm">In Leviticus 23:39-40, does the practice of gathering branches and rejoicing before God parallel other ancient cultural harvest rituals, raising questions about possible borrowed traditions?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_nomad.htm">What do the cedars of Lebanon symbolize in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(40) 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 Temple.Boughs of goodly trees.--Better, the fruit of goodly trees, as the margin rightly renders it. As this phrase is too indefinite, and may simply denote the fruit of any choice fruit-tree, there can hardly be any doubt that in this instance, as in many other cases, the lawgiver left it to the administrators of the Law to define its precise kind. Basing it therefore upon one of the significations of the term here translated "goodly," which is to dwell, to rest, the authorities during the second Temple decreed that it means the fruit winch permanently rests upon the tree--i.e., the citron, the paradise-apple. If it came from an uncircumcised tree (see <a href="/leviticus/19-23.htm" title="And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised to you: it shall not be eaten of.">Leviticus 19:23</a>), from an unclean heave-offering (comp. <a href="/context/numbers/18-11.htm" title="And this is yours; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it.">Numbers 18:11-12</a>), or exhibited the slightest defect, it was ritually illegal.Branches of palm trees.--During the second Temple this was defined as the shoot of the palm-tree when budding, before the leaves are spread abroad, and whilst it is yet like a rod. It is technically called lulab, which is the expression whereby it is rendered in the ancient Chaldee version. The lulab must at least be three hands tall, and must be tied together with its own kind.The boughs of thick trees.--This, according to the same authorities, denotes the myrtle branch, whose leaves thickly cover the wood. To make it ritually legal it must have three or more shoots round the stem, and on the same level with it. If it is in any way damaged it is illegal. This accounts for the ancient Chaldee version rendering it by "myrtle branch."Willows of the brook.--That species, the distinguishing marks of which are dark wood and long leaves with smooth margin. The palm, the myrtle, and the willow, when tied together into one bundle, constitute the Lulab. Whilst the psalms are chanted by the Levites during the sacrifices, the pilgrims, who held the Lulabs or palms, shook them thrice, viz., at the singing of <a href="/psalms/118-1.htm" title="O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endures for ever.">Psalm 118:1</a>, then again at <a href="/leviticus/23-25.htm" title="You shall do no servile work therein: but you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.">Leviticus 23:25</a>, and at <a href="/leviticus/23-29.htm" title="For whatever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.">Leviticus 23:29</a>. When the chant was finished, the priests in procession went round the altar once, exclaiming, "Hosanna, O Lord, give us help, O Lord! give prosperity !" (<a href="/psalms/118-25.htm" title="Save now, I beseech you, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech you, send now prosperity.">Psalm 118:25</a>). Whereupon the solemn benediction was pronounced by the priests, and the people dispersed amidst the repeated exclamations, "How beautiful art thou, O altar !" It is this part of the ritual which explains the welcome that the multitude gave Christ when they went to meet Him with palm-branches and shouts of hosanna (<a href="/context/matthew/21-8.htm" title="And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way.">Matthew 21:8-9</a>; <a href="/matthew/21-15.htm" title="And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,">Matthew 21:15</a>; <a href="/context/john/12-12.htm" title="On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,">John 12:12-13</a>). . . . <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/23-40.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>On the first הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן (hā·ri·šō·wn) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> First, in place, time, rank day בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day you are to gather וּלְקַחְתֶּ֨ם (ū·lə·qaḥ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take the branches פְּרִ֨י (pə·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6529.htm">Strong's 6529: </a> Fruit of majestic הָדָר֙ (hā·ḏār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1926.htm">Strong's 1926: </a> Magnificence, ornament, splendor trees— עֵ֤ץ (‘êṣ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> Tree, trees, wood palm תְּמָרִ֔ים (tə·mā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8558.htm">Strong's 8558: </a> Palm tree, date palm branches כַּפֹּ֣ת (kap·pōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan and boughs וַעֲנַ֥ף (wa·‘ă·nap̄) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6057.htm">Strong's 6057: </a> A branch, bough of leafy עָבֹ֖ת (‘ā·ḇōṯ) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5687.htm">Strong's 5687: </a> (having) interwoven (foliage), leafy trees עֵץ־ (‘êṣ-) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> Tree, trees, wood and willows וְעַרְבֵי־ (wə·‘ar·ḇê-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6155.htm">Strong's 6155: </a> (a kind of tree) perhaps poplar, also a wadi in Moab of the brook— נָ֑חַל (nā·ḥal) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5158.htm">Strong's 5158: </a> A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft and rejoice וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם (ū·śə·maḥ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8055.htm">Strong's 8055: </a> To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome before לִפְנֵ֛י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative for seven שִׁבְעַ֥ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number days. יָמִֽים׃ (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/23-40.htm">Leviticus 23:40 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/23-40.htm">Leviticus 23:40 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/23-40.htm">Leviticus 23:40 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/23-40.htm">Leviticus 23:40 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/23-40.htm">Leviticus 23:40 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/23-40.htm">Leviticus 23:40 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/23-40.htm">Leviticus 23:40 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/23-40.htm">Leviticus 23:40 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/23-40.htm">Leviticus 23:40 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/23-40.htm">Leviticus 23:40 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-40.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 23:40 You shall take on the first day (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/23-39.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 23:39"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:39" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/23-41.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 23:41"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:41" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>