Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



O the happiness of those inhabiting Thy house, Yet do they praise Thee. Selah.

For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.


For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

and ye have taken to yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palms, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of a brook, and have rejoiced before Jehovah your God seven days.

Singing is to you as in a night sanctified for a festival, And joy of heart as he who is going with a pipe, To go in to the mountain of Jehovah, Unto the rock of Israel.

These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast!

And they make -- all the assembly of the captives of the captivity -- booths, and they sit in booths; for the sons of Israel had not done, from the days of Jeshua son of Nun, so unto that day, and there is very great joy.

And thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in thy midst, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there, and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and hast observed and done these statutes. 'The feast of booths thou dost make for thee seven days, in thine in-gathering of thy threshing-floor, and of thy wine-vat; read more.
and thou hast rejoiced in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates.

And the sons of Israel, those found in Jerusalem, make the feast of unleavened things seven days with great joy; and giving praise to Jehovah day by day are the Levites and the priests, with instruments of praise before Jehovah. And Hezekiah speaketh unto the heart of all the Levites, those giving good understanding concerning Jehovah, and they eat the appointed thing seven days; sacrificing sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Jehovah, God of their fathers. And all the assembly take counsel to keep other seven days, and they keep seven days with joy; read more.
for Hezekiah king of Judah hath presented to the assembly a thousand bullocks, and seven thousand sheep; and the heads have presented to the assembly bullocks a thousand, and sheep ten thousand; and priests sanctify themselves in abundance. And all the assembly of Judah rejoice, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the assembly, those coming in from Israel, and the sojourners, those coming in from the land of Israel, and those dwelling in Judah, and there is great joy in Jerusalem; for from the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there is not like this in Jerusalem,

and they make the feast of unleavened things seven days with joy, for Jehovah made them to rejoice, and turned round the heart of the king of Asshur unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

And Nehemiah -- he is the Tirshatha -- saith (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are instructing the people) to all the people, 'To-day is holy to Jehovah your God, do not mourn, nor weep:' for all the people are weeping at their hearing the words of the law. And he saith to them, 'Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and sent portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for to-day is holy to our Lord, and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.' And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, 'Be silent, for to-day is holy, and be not grieved.' read more.
And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them.

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months, are to the house of Judah for joy and for rejoicing, and for pleasant appointed seasons, and the truth and the peace they have loved.


Three times in a year doth every one of thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which He doth choose -- in the feast of unleavened things, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths; and they do not appear before Jehovah empty;

For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

'Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.

These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast!

'Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, God of Israel;

As a flock of holy ones, as a flock of Jerusalem, In her appointed seasons, So are the waste cities full of flocks of men, And they have known that I am Jehovah!'

and, having supposed him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and were seeking him among the kindred and among the acquaintances,

when then, he came to Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all things that he did in Jerusalem in the feast -- for they also went to the feast.


For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.


our fathers in this mountain did worship, and ye -- ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it behoveth to worship.'

And his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover,

After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

but took leave of them, saying, 'It behoveth me by all means the coming feast to keep at Jerusalem, and again I will return unto you -- God willing.' And he sailed from Ephesus,

And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast,

Jerusalem -- the builded one -- Is as a city that is joined to itself together. For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah. For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David.

And Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him, and the feast of the Jews was nigh -- that of tabernacles -- his brethren, therefore, said unto him, 'Remove hence, and go away to Judea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou dost; read more.
for no one in secret doth anything, and himself seeketh to be in public; if thou dost these things -- manifest thyself to the world;' for not even were his brethren believing in him. Jesus, therefore, saith to them, 'My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready; the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil. Ye -- go ye up to this feast; I do not yet go up to this feast, because my time hath not yet been fulfilled;' and saying these things to them, he remained in Galilee. And when his brethren went up, then also he himself went up to the feast, not manifestly, but as in secret; the Jews, therefore, were seeking him, in the feast, and said, 'Where is that one?' and there was much murmuring about him among the multitudes, some indeed said -- 'He is good;' and others said, 'No, but he leadeth astray the multitude;' no one, however, was speaking freely about him, through fear of the Jews. And it being now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the temple, and he was teaching,


For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

and when he became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,


A Song of the Ascents, by David. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, 'To the house of Jehovah we go.' Our feet have been standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem! Jerusalem -- the builded one -- Is as a city that is joined to itself together. read more.
For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah. For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David. Ask ye the peace of Jerusalem, At rest are those loving thee. Peace is in thy bulwark, rest in thy high places,


O the happiness of those inhabiting Thy house, Yet do they praise Thee. Selah.

For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.