Leviticus 23:40

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The boughs

Nehemiah 8:15

Matthew 21:8

Of palm trees

Psalm 92:12

John 12:13

Revelation 7:9

Rejoice

Bible References

The boughs

and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message in all their cities and in Jerusalem: "Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written."

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Of palm trees

The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!"

After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.

Rejoice

You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages.

those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her!

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!

You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,