Leviticus 23:40 KJV

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.

Matthew Henry

  • The feast of TabernaclesIn the feast of Tabernacles there was a remembrance of their dwelling in tents, or booths, in the wilderness, as well as their fathers dwelling in tents in...

Thompson Chains

  • AngerSee the chain from Psalms 37:8 · 8 links
  • Palm BranchesStarts here · next Nehemiah 8:15 · 3 links
  • WillowsStarts here · next Job 40:22 · 5 links
  • Rejoicing (1)See the chain from Deuteronomy 12:7 · 8 links
  • Seven DaysSee the chain from Genesis 2:3 · 12 links

Cross References

  • Deuteronomy 16:14–15 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. …
  • Nehemiah 8:14–17 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: …
  • Psalms 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
  • Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
  • Isaiah 66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

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Topics

  • Booth Prescribed for the Israelites to live in, during the Feast of Tabernacles, to celebrate their wanderings in the wilderness
  • Convocation Three held annually by the Israelites
  • Ethanim Feast of Tabernacles in
  • Feasts First and last days were SABBATIC
  • Sabbath Signifying a period of rest

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Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Strong’s Numbers

  • And ye shall take לָקַח lâqach
  • you on the first רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn
  • day יוֹם yôwm
  • the boughs פְּרִי pᵉrîy
  • of goodly הָדָר hâdâr
  • trees עֵץ ʻêts
  • branches כַּף kaph
  • of palm תָּמָר tâmâr
  • trees, and the boughs עָנָף ʻânâph
  • of thick עָבֹת ʻâbôth
  • trees עֵץ ʻêts
  • and willows עָרָב ʻârâb
  • of the brook נַחַל nachal
  • and ye shall rejoice שָׂמַח sâmach
  • before פָּנִים pânîym
  • the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
  • your God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
  • seven שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
  • days יוֹם yôwm

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