Leviticus 23:34-43
The fifteenth.Ex 23:16; 34:22; Nu 29:12; De 16:13-15; Ezr 3:4; Ne 8:14Zec 14:16-19; Joh 1:14; 7:2; Heb 11:9,13the feast of tabernacles.This feast was celebrated in commemoration of the Israelites' dwelling in tents in the wilderness for forty years; and was kept with greater hilarity than any of the other festivals. Hence, in the Talmud, it is often called {chag,} the feast, by way of excellence; and by Philo, [heorton megisten,] the greatest of the feasts; it was therefore more noticed by the heathen than any other. It is probable that Cecrops borrowed from it the law which he made in Athens, "that the master of every family should after harvest make a feast for his servants, and eat together with them who had taken pains with him in tilling his grounds." 7,8,24,25 Seven.Nu 29:12-38the eighth.2Ch 7:8-11; Ne 8:18; Joh 7:37solemn. Heb. day of restraint.De 16:8; Joe 1:14; 2:15; *marg: the feasts.2,4; De 16:16,17every thing.Ec 3:1 the sabbaths.3; 19:3; Ge 2:2,3; Ex 20:8-11and beside.Nu 29:39; De 12:6; 1Ch 29:3-8; 2Ch 35:7,8; Ezr 2:68,69 when.34; Ex 23:16; De 16:13on the first.24,36 the boughs. Heb. fruit.Ne 8:15; Mt 21:8of palm trees.Ps 92:12; Joh 12:13; Re 7:9rejoice.De 16:14,15; Isa 35:10; 66:10; Joh 16:22; Ro 5:11; Php 3:3; 4:41Pe 1:8 Nu 29:12; Ne 8:18 Ge 33:17; Nu 24:2,5; Ne 8:14-17; Jer 35:10; 2Co 5:1; Heb 11:13-16 Ex 13:14; De 31:10-13; Ps 78:5,6Deuteronomy 15:1-2
1 The seventh year a year of release for the poor.7 It must be no let of lending or giving.12 An Hebrew servant, except he will not depart, must in the seventh year go forth free and well furnished.19 All firstling males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord. 31:10; Ex 21:2; 23:10,11; Le 25:2-4; Isa 61:1-3; Jer 36:8-18Lu 4:18,19 creditor that lendeth. Heb. master of the lending of hishand. exact it. Ne 5:7-11; Isa 58:3; Am 8:4-6; Mt 6:12,14,15; 18:25-35; Lu 6:34-38Lu 7:42; Jas 2:13
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