Berean Standard Bible

Deuteronomy 16:13-16

13You are to celebrateH6213 the FeastH2282 of TabernaclesH5521 1 for sevenH7651 daysH3117 after you have gatheredH622 the produce of your threshing floorH1637 and your winepressH3342. 14And you shall rejoiceH8055 in your feastH2282—youH859, your sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323, your menservantsH5650 and maidservantsH519, and the LeviteH3881, as well as the foreignerH1616, the fatherlessH3490, and the widowsH490 among youH8179.

15For sevenH7651 daysH3117 you shall celebrate a feastH2287 to the LORDH3068 your GodH430 in the placeH4725 HeH3068 will chooseH977, becauseH3588 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 will blessH1288 you in allH3605 your produceH8393 and in allH3605 the workH4639 of your handsH3027, so that your joyH8056 will beH1961 completeH389.

16ThreeH7969 timesH6471 a yearH8141 allH3605 your menH2138 H854 are to appearH7200 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 in the placeH4725 He will chooseH977: at the FeastH2282 of Unleavened BreadH4682,2 the FeastH2282 of WeeksH7620,3 and the FeastH2282 of TabernaclesH5521.4 No oneH3808 should appearH7200 H854 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 empty-handedH7387.

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Notes

1. Deuteronomy 16:13 Or Booths or Shelters; see footnotes for verse 16. ↩
2. Deuteronomy 16:16 That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten; see Exodus 12:14–20. ↩
3. Deuteronomy 16:16 That is, Shavuot, the late spring feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; it is also known as the Feast of Harvest (see Exodus 23:16) or the Feast of Pentecost (see Acts 2:1). ↩
4. Deuteronomy 16:16 That is, Sukkot, the autumn feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; also translated as the Feast of Booths or the Feast of Shelters and originally called the Feast of Ingathering (see Exodus 23:16 and Exodus 34:22). ↩

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