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and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and get olive branches, branches of wild olive, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make temporary shelters, as it is written.”
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. And that. This is not expressed in the law, though it was probably practised. Calmet.—Some translate, “And they proclaimed,” and so forth Vatable.—Beautiful. Lit. “very or most beautiful.” Bible.—Hebrew “of oily wood.” Septuagint “cypress.” Syr. “nut-tree.” Others understand the pine, (Pagnin) balm, (Mariana) citron, ( Bible.) or any other species of branches, which might then be used. Calmet. Tirinus.
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