Deuteronomy 16:13

Deuteronomy 16:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
• New International Version (NIV)Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall keep the Feast of Booths seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your winepress.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress.

Context of Deuteronomy 16:13

11Rejoice before the Lord your God in the place where he chooses to have his name dwell — you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your city gates, as well as the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow among you. 12Remember that you were slaves in Egypt; carefully follow these statutes. “You are to celebrate the Festival of Shelters for seven days when you have gathered in everything from your threshing floor and winepress. 14Rejoice during your festival — you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, as well as the Levite, the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow within your city gates. 15You are to hold a seven-day festival for the Lord your God in the place he chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, and you will have abundant joy.

Deuteronomy 16:13 word by word

חַ֧ג הַסֻּכֹּ֛ת תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לְךָ֖ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים בְּאָ֨סְפְּךָ֔ מִֽגָּרְנְךָ֖ וּמִיִּקְבֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt observeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• the feastחַגchag châg · feastH2282
• of tabernaclesסֻכָּהsûkkâh · boothH5521
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• after that thou hast gatheredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• in thy cornגֹּ֫רֶןgôren · threshing floorH1637
• and thy wineיֶ֫קֶבyeqeb · wineH3342

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 16:13

• Deuteronomy 31:10Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of debt cancellation, during the Festival of Shelters,
• Exodus 23:16Also observe the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
• Exodus 34:22“Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the agricultural year.
• Leviticus 23:34“Tell the Israelites: The Festival of Shelters to the Lord begins on the fifteenth day of this seventh month and continues for seven days.
• Numbers 29:12“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; you do not do any daily work. You are to celebrate a seven-day festival for the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 5:3So all the men of Israel were assembled in the king’s presence at the festival; this was in the seventh month.
• 2 Chronicles 7:8So Solomon and all Israel with him — a very great assembly, from the entrance to Hamath to the Brook of Egypt — observed the festival at that time for seven days.
• 2 Chronicles 8:13He followed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters.
• Ezra 3:4They celebrated the Festival of Shelters as prescribed, and offered burnt offerings each day, based on the number specified by ordinance for each festival day.
• Nehemiah 8:14They found written in the law how the Lord had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should dwell in shelters during the festival of the seventh month.
• Zechariah 14:16Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
• John 7:2The Jewish Festival of Shelters was near.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16:13

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-17The Feast of Tabernacles is called this because God told the Israelites to live for one week in simple shelters made from tree branches. These shelters reminded them of the years they wandered in the wilderness (Leviticus 23:33–43). This feast also celebrated the fall harvest.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1713-17. Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days--(See on Ex 23:14; Le 23:34; Nu 29:12). Various conjectures have been formed to account for the appointment of this feast at the conclusion of the whole harvest. Some imagine that it was designed to remind the Israelites of the time when they had no cornfields to reap but were daily supplied with manna; others think that it suited the convenience of the people better than any other period of…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 16:13

• Feasts
• Thankfulness
• Widow

In the dictionaries

• Gift
• Inherit
• Tabernacles, Feast of
• Wine
• Atonement, Day of
• Calendar
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Feasts and Fasts
• Genesis

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings