Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Solemn assembly
General references
Bible References
Solemn assembly
Leviticus 23:36
You are to present a fire offering to the Lord for seven days. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a fire offering to the Lord. It is a solemn gathering; you are not to do any daily work.
Deuteronomy 16:8
You must eat unleavened bread for six days. On the seventh day there is to be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God, and you must not do any work.
Nehemiah 8:18
Ezra read out of the book of the law of God every day, from the first day to the last. The Israelites celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day there was an assembly, according to the ordinance.
Joel 1:14 Announce a sacred fast;
proclaim an assembly!
Gather the elders
and all the residents of the land
at the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
proclaim an assembly!
Gather the elders
and all the residents of the land
at the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
General references
John 7:2
The Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,