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Leviticus 23:34

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34

“Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to the LORD.

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Verse 34. Seven days, during which the people were bound to rejoice, but not to abstain from servile work; except on the first and eighth day. Tirinus.—Tabernacles: Greek Scenopegia; because, during the octave, the Jews lived in tents, or booths, made of branches, and so forth verse 42.

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or, feast of tents, or Succoth

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