Reference: Tabernacles, The Feast of
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("the feast of ingathering"), the third of the three great festivals: of the Hebrews, which lasted from the 15th till the 22d of Tisri.
1. The following are the principal passages in the Pentateuch which refer to it:
Ex 23:16; Le 23:34-36,39-43; Nu 29:12-38; De 16:13-15; 31:10-13
In Nehe 8, there is an account of the observance of the feast by Ezra.
2. The time of the festival fell in the autumn, when the whole of the chief fruits of the ground, the corn, the wine and the oil, were gathered in.
Ex 23:16; Le 23:39; De 15:13-15
Its duration was strictly only seven days,
De 16:13; Eze 45:25
but it was followed by a day of holy convocation, distinguished by sacrifices of its own, which was sometimes spoken of as an eighth day.
During the seven days the Israelites were commanded to dwell in booths or huts formed of the boughs of trees. The boughs were of the olive palm, pine, myrtle and other trees with thick foliage.
According to rabbinical tradition each Israelite used to tie the branches into a bunch, to be carried in his hand to which the name lulab was given. The burnt offerings of the Feast of Tabernacles were by far more numerous than those of any other festival. There were offered on each day two rams, fourteen lambs and a kid for a sin offering. But what was most peculiar was the arrangement of the sacrifices of bullocks, in amounting to seventy.
The eighth day was a day of holy convocation of peculiar solemnity. On the morning of this day the Hebrews left their huts and dismantled them, and took up their abode again in their houses. The special offerings of the day were a bullock a ram, seven lambs and a goat for a sin offering.
When the Feast of Tabernacles fell on a sabbatical year, portions of the law were read each day in public, to men, women, children and strangers.
De 31:10-13
We find Ezra reading the law during the festival "day by day, from the first day to the last day."
3. There are two particulars in the observance of the Feast of Tabernacles which appear to be referred to in the New Testament, but are not noticed in the Old. These were the ceremony of pouring out some water of the pool of Siloam and the display of some great lights in the court of the women. We are told that each Israelite, in holiday attire, having made up his lulab, before he broke his fast repaired to the temple with the lulab in one hand and the citron in the other, at the time of the ordinary morning sacrifice. The parts of the victim were laid upon the altar. One of the priests fetched some water in a golden ewer from the pool of Siloam, which he brought into the court through the water-gate. As he entered the trumpets sounded, and he ascended the slope of the altar. At the top of this were fixed two silver basins with small openings at the bottom. Wine was poured into that on the eastern side, and the water into that on the western side, whence it was conducted by pipes into the Cedron. In the evening, both men and women assembled in the court of the women, expressly to hold a rejoicing for the drawing of the water of Siloam. At the same time there were set up in the court two lofty stands, each supporting four great lamps. These were lighted on each night of the festival. It appears to be generally admitted that the words of our Saviour,
Joh 7:37-38
--"If a man thirst, let him come unto me drink. He that believeth on me as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" --were suggested by the pouring out of the water of Siloam. But it is very doubtful what is meant by "t
Joh 8:12
"I am the light of the world "-- refer to the great lamps of the festival.
4. Though all the Hebrew annual festivals were seasons of rejoicing, the Feast of Tabernacles was, in this respect, distinguished above them all. The huts and the lulabs must have made a gay end striking spectacle over the city by day, and the lamps, the flambeaux, the music and the joyous gatherings in the court of the temple must have given a still more festive character to the night. The main purposes of the Feast of Tabernacles are plainly set forth in
and Levi 23:43 It was to be at once a thanksgiving for the harvest and a commemoration of the time when the Israelites dwelt in tents during their passage through the wilderness. In one of its meanings it stands in connection with the Passover. as the Feast of Abib, and with Pentecost, as the feast of harvest; in its other meaning, it is related to the Passover as the great yearly memorial of the deliverance from the destroyer and from the tyranny of Egypt. But naturally connected with this exultation in their regained freedom was the rejoicing in the more perfect fulfillment of God's promise in the settlement of his people in the holy blessing. But the culminating point of was the establishment of the central spot of the national worship in the temple at Jerusalem. Hence it was evidently fitting that the Feast of Tabernacles should be kept with an unwonted degree of observance at the dedication of Solomon's temple,
Joseph. Ant. viii. 4,5; again, after the rebuilding of the temple by Ezra,
and a third time by Judas Maccabaeus when he had driven out the Syrians and restored the temple to the worship of Jehovah. 2 Macc. 10:5-8.
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And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingathering - at the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingathering - at the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingathering - at the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying: - On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, shall be the festival of booths, for seven days, unto Yahweh. On the first day, shall be a holy convocation, - no laborious work, shall ye do. read more. Seven days, shall ye bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh: on the eighth day - a holy convocation, shall there be unto you so shall ye bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh - the closing of the feast, it is, no laborious work, shall ye do.
Seven days, shall ye bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh: on the eighth day - a holy convocation, shall there be unto you so shall ye bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh - the closing of the feast, it is, no laborious work, shall ye do.
Surely, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the yield of the land, shall ye celebrate the festival of Yahweh seven days, - on the first day, a sacred rest, and, on the eighth day, a sacred rest.
Surely, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the yield of the land, shall ye celebrate the festival of Yahweh seven days, - on the first day, a sacred rest, and, on the eighth day, a sacred rest. So then ye shall take you, on the first day, boughs of goodly trees, branches, of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and poplars of the ravine, - and shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, seven days. read more. So shall ye celebrate it as a festival unto Yahweh, seven days in the year, - a statute age-abiding, to your generations. In the seventh month, shall ye celebrate it; In booths, shall ye dwell seven days; - All the home-born in Israel, shall dwell in booths: To the end that your generations may know, that, in booths, made I the sons of Israel to dwell, when I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, - I - Yahweh, am your God.
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a holy convocation shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do, but ye shall celebrate a festival unto Yahweh, seven days.
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a holy convocation shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do, but ye shall celebrate a festival unto Yahweh, seven days. Then shall ye bring near as an ascending-sacrifice - an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, - thirteen choice bullocks two rams, - fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect, shall they be;
Then shall ye bring near as an ascending-sacrifice - an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, - thirteen choice bullocks two rams, - fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect, shall they be; and, as their meal-offering, fine-meal over-flowed with oil, three-tenths to each bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two-tenths to each ram, of the two rams;
and, as their meal-offering, fine-meal over-flowed with oil, three-tenths to each bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two-tenths to each ram, of the two rams; and a tenth severally, to each lamb, - of the fourteen lambs;
and a tenth severally, to each lamb, - of the fourteen lambs; also one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof.
also one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof. And on the second day, twelve choice bullocks two rams, - fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect;
And on the second day, twelve choice bullocks two rams, - fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect; with their meal-offerings and their drink-offering - to the bullocks, to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number according to the regulation;
with their meal-offerings and their drink-offering - to the bullocks, to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number according to the regulation; also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with its meal-offering, and their drink-offerings.
also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with its meal-offering, and their drink-offerings. And on the third day, eleven bullocks two rams, - and fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect;
And on the third day, eleven bullocks two rams, - and fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect; with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings, to the bullocks, to he rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation;
with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings, to the bullocks, to he rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation; also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof.
also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof. And on the fourth day, ten bullocks, two rams, - fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect;
And on the fourth day, ten bullocks, two rams, - fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect; their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, to the bullocks, to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation;
their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, to the bullocks, to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation; also one he-goat as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof.
also one he-goat as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof. And on the fifth day, nine bullocks two rams, - fourteen he-lamb, a year old without defect;
And on the fifth day, nine bullocks two rams, - fourteen he-lamb, a year old without defect; with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings, - to the bullocks to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation:
with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings, - to the bullocks to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation: also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof.
also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof. And on the sixth day, eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect;
And on the sixth day, eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect; with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings to the bullocks, to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation;
with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings to the bullocks, to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation; also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offerings thereof,
also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offerings thereof, And on the seventh day, seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old, with-out defect:
And on the seventh day, seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old, with-out defect: with their meal-offering and their drink-offering, to the bullock, to the rams, and to he lambs by their number, according to their regulation;
with their meal-offering and their drink-offering, to the bullock, to the rams, and to he lambs by their number, according to their regulation; also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof
also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof And on the eighth day, a closing feast shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do;
And on the eighth day, a closing feast shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do; but ye shall bring near - as an ascending-sacrifice, an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh - one bullock, one ram, - seven he-lambs a year old, without defect:
but ye shall bring near - as an ascending-sacrifice, an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh - one bullock, one ram, - seven he-lambs a year old, without defect:
but ye shall bring near - as an ascending-sacrifice, an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh - one bullock, one ram, - seven he-lambs a year old, without defect: with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings - to the bullock to the ram, and to the lambs - by their number, according to the regulation;
with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings - to the bullock to the ram, and to the lambs - by their number, according to the regulation; also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.
also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.
also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, - in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.
and when thou lettest him go out free, from thee, thou shalt not let him go out empty: thou shalt, richly load, him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat, - of that wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee, shalt thou give unto him; read more. and thou shalt remember that a servant, thou wast in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh thy God, redeemed thee, - for this cause, am I commanding thee this thing, to-day.
The festival of booths, shalt thou keep for thyself seven days, - when thou hast gathered in out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat.
The festival of booths, shalt thou keep for thyself seven days, - when thou hast gathered in out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat. And thou shalt rejoice in thy festival, - thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow, who are within thy gates. read more. Seven days, shalt thou keep festival unto Yahweh thy God, in the place which Yahweh shall choose, - for Yahweh thy God, will bless thee, in all thine increase and in all the work of thy hands, - therefore shalt thou do nothing but, rejoice.
And Moses commanded them, saying, - At the end of seven years in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths;
And Moses commanded them, saying, - At the end of seven years in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths; when all Israel cometh in to see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt lead this law before all Israel, in their hearing.
when all Israel cometh in to see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt lead this law before all Israel, in their hearing. Call together the people - the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, - that they may hear, and that they may learn, so shall they revere Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
Call together the people - the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, - that they may hear, and that they may learn, so shall they revere Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; and that their children who know not, may hear and learn, that they may revere Yahweh your God, - all the days that ye are living upon the soil, which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess.
and that their children who know not, may hear and learn, that they may revere Yahweh your God, - all the days that ye are living upon the soil, which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess.
So all the men of Israel came together unto King Solomon, in the month of steady flowings, at the festival, - the same is the seventh month.
And Solomon made, at that time, a festival - and all Israel with him - a great convocation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the ravine of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days, and seven days, - fourteen days.
And, on the second day, were gathered together - the ancestral heads of all the people, the priests and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, - even to give attention unto the words of the law. And they found written in the law, - that Yahweh gave command through Moses, that the sons of Israel should dwell in booths, during the festival of the seventh month; read more. and that they should publish and send along a proclamation throughout all their cities and throughout Jerusalem, saying, Forth to the mountain, and bring in branches of olive, and branches of oleaster, and branches of myrtle, and branches of palms, and branches of thick trees, - to make booths, as it is written.
and that they should publish and send along a proclamation throughout all their cities and throughout Jerusalem, saying, Forth to the mountain, and bring in branches of olive, and branches of oleaster, and branches of myrtle, and branches of palms, and branches of thick trees, - to make booths, as it is written. So the people went forth, and brought in, and made themselves booths, every one upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water-gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.
So the people went forth, and brought in, and made themselves booths, every one upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water-gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim. And all the convocation of them who had returned out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in booths, for, since the days of Jeshua son of Nun, had not the sons of Israel done so, unto that day, - and there was very great rejoicing. read more. So he read in the book of the law of God, day by day, from the first day unto the last day, and they kept the festival seven days, and, on the eighth day, a closing feast, according to the regulation.
So he read in the book of the law of God, day by day, from the first day unto the last day, and they kept the festival seven days, and, on the eighth day, a closing feast, according to the regulation.
So he read in the book of the law of God, day by day, from the first day unto the last day, and they kept the festival seven days, and, on the eighth day, a closing feast, according to the regulation.
In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, throughout the festival, he shall offer like these seven days, - like the sin-bearer like the ascending-sacrifice, and like the meal offering, and like the.
Now, on the last - the great - day of the feast, Jesus was standing, and he cried aloud, saying - If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink: He that believeth on me - just as said the Scripture, - River, from within him, shall flow, of living water.
Again, therefore, unto them, spake Jesus, saying - I, am the light of the world: He that followeth me, shall in nowise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.