Topic
Tabernacles, Feast of
22 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- Exodus 23:16Easton · Nave Instituted
And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
- Leviticus 23:43Easton · Nave Design of
That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- John 7:2Easton · Nave By Jesus
Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
- Exodus 34:22Nave Instituted
¶ And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
- Leviticus 23:33–43Easton
¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 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. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no…
- Leviticus 23:34–43Nave Instituted
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. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Seven days ye shall offer…
- Leviticus 23:42Nave Design of
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
- Numbers 29:13–38Easton
And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with…
- Deuteronomy 16:13Easton
¶ Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
- Deuteronomy 31:10–12Nave The law read in connection with, every seventh year
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law…
- 1 Kings 8:2Easton
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
- 1 Kings 12:32Nave Jeroboam institutes an idolatrous feast to correspond to, in the eighth month
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the…
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- 1 Kings 12:33 Nave Jeroboam institutes an idolatrous feast to correspond to, in the eighth month
- 1 Chronicles 27:11 Nave Jeroboam institutes an idolatrous feast to correspond to, in the eighth month
- Ezra 3:4 Nave Observance of, after the captivity
- Nehemiah 8:9–18 Easton
- Nehemiah 8:14–18 Nave Observance of, after the captivity
- Nehemiah 8:17 Nave Observance of, omitted
- Nehemiah 8:18 Nave The law read in connection with, every seventh year
- Zechariah 14:16–19 Nave Penalty for not observing
- John 7:14 Nave By Jesus
- John 7:37 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 10 references
The third of the great annual festivals of the Jews (Lev. 23:33-43). It is also called the “feast of ingathering” (Ex. 23:16; Deut. 16:13). It was celebrated immediately after the harvest, in the month Tisri, and the celebration lasted for eight days (Lev. 23:33-43). During that period the people left their homes and lived in booths formed of the branches of trees. The sacrifices offered at this time are mentioned in Num. 29:13-38. It was at the time of this feast that Solomon’s temple was dedicated (1 Kings 8:2). Mention is made of it after the return from the Captivity. This feast was designed (1) to be a memorial of the wilderness wanderings, when the people dwelt in booths (Lev. 23:43), and (2) to be a harvest thanksgiving (Neh. 8:9-18). The Jews, at a later time, introduced two appendages to the original festival, viz., (1) that of drawing water from the Pool of Siloam, and pouring it upon the altar (John 7:2, 37), as a memorial of the water from the rock in Horeb; and (2) of lighting the lamps at night, a memorial of the pillar of fire by night during their wanderings.
“The feast of Tabernacles, the harvest festival of the Jewish Church, was the most popular and important festival after the Captivity. At Jerusalem it was a gala day. It was to the autumn pilgrims, who arrived on the 14th (of the month Tisri, the feast beginning on the 15th) day, like entrance into a silvan city. Roofs and courtyards, streets and squares, roads and gardens, were green with boughs of citron and myrtle, palm and willow. The booths recalled the pilgrimage through the wilderness. The ingathering of fruits prophesied of the spiritual harvest.”, Valling’s Jesus Christ, p. 133.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
See FEASTS AND FASTS, I, A, 3.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 16 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Also called FEAST OF INGATHERING
- → Instituted Ex 23:16; 34:22; Le 23:34-43
- → Design of Le 23:42,43
- → The law read in connection with, every seventh year De 31:10-12; Ne 8:18
- → Observance of, after the captivity Ezr 3:4; Ne 8:14-18
- → By Jesus Joh 7:2,14
- → Observance of, omitted Ne 8:17
- → Penalty for not observing Zec 14:16-19
- → Jeroboam institutes an idolatrous feast to correspond to, in the eighth month 1Ki 12:32,33; 1Ch 27:11
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.