Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Bible References
General references
Exodus 23:16
You are to observe the Festival of Harvest, celebrating the first fruits of your work in planting the field, and the Festival of Tabernacles at the end of the year, when you gather the fruit of your work from the field.
Leviticus 23:34
"Tell the Israelis that starting the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the week-long Festival of Tents to the LORD.
Numbers 29:12
"You are to hold a sacred assembly on the fifteenth day of the same seventh month. No servile work is to be done. You are to celebrate a festival to the LORD for seven days by
Deuteronomy 16:13
"Celebrate the Festival of Tents for seven days after you harvest from your threshing floor and your wine press.
1 Kings 8:2
So all the men gathered together to meet with King Solomon at the Festival of Tents in the month Ethanim, the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 7:9
On the day after the festival ended, they convened a solemn assembly, because they had been dedicating the altar for seven days and observing the festival for seven days.
Ezra 3:4
They also observed the Festival of Tents as has been prescribed, offering a specific number of daily burnt offerings in accordance with the ordinance of each day.
Nehemiah 8:14
They found written in the Law that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelis were to live in tents during the festival scheduled for the seventh month.
Zechariah 14:16
"It will come about that all of the survivors of the nations who came against Jerusalem will come there from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, and to observe the Festival of Tents.