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Selected Verse: Leviticus 23:42 - Strong Concordance

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Le 23:42 Strong Concordance Ye shall dwell [03427] in booths [05521] seven [07651] days [03117]; all that are Israelites [03478] born [0249] shall dwell [03427] in booths [05521]:
  King James Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Booths - According to Jewish tradition, what were used at the Feast of Tabernacles were strictly "tabernacula," structures of boards, with a covering of boughs.

The "booth" in which the Israelite kept the Feast, and the "tent" which was his ordinary abode in the wilderness, had this in common - they were temporary places of sojourn, they belonged to camp-life. The seven days of abode in the booths of the festival was thus a fair symbol of the forty years of abode in tents in the wilderness. The Feast might well become the appointed memorial of this period of their history for the ages to come.

All that are Israelites born - The omission of the foreigners in this command is remarkable. Perhaps the intention was that on this joyous occasion they were to be hospitably entertained as guests. Compare Deu 16:14.
 
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14 And thou shalt rejoice [08055] in thy feast [02282], thou, and thy son [01121], and thy daughter [01323], and thy manservant [05650], and thy maidservant [0519], and the Levite [03881], the stranger [01616], and the fatherless [03490], and the widow [0490], that are within thy gates [08179].
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left [03498] of all the nations [01471] which came [0935] against Jerusalem [03389] shall even go up [05927] from [01767] year [08141] to year [08141] to worship [07812] the King [04428], the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], and to keep [02287] the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521].
17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up [05927] of all the families [04940] of the earth [0776] unto Jerusalem [03389] to worship [07812] the King [04428], the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], even upon them shall be no rain [01653].
18 And if the family [04940] of Egypt [04714] go not up [05927], and come [0935] not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague [04046], wherewith the LORD [03068] will smite [05062] the heathen [01471] that come not up [05927] to keep [02287] the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521].
19 This shall be the punishment [02403] of Egypt [04714], and the punishment [02403] of all nations [01471] that come not up [05927] to keep [02287] the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521].
20 In that day [03117] shall there be upon the bells [04698] of the horses [05483], HOLINESS [06944] UNTO THE LORD [03068]; and the pots [05518] in the LORD'S [03068] house [01004] shall be like the bowls [04219] before [06440] the altar [04196].
21 Yea, every pot [05518] in Jerusalem [03389] and in Judah [03063] shall be holiness [06944] unto the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]: and all they that sacrifice [02076] shall come [0935] and take [03947] of them, and seethe [01310] therein: and in that day [03117] there shall be no more the Canaanite [03669] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
43 That your generations [01755] may know [03045] that I made the children [01121] of Israel [03478] to dwell [03427] in booths [05521], when I brought them out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
34 Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], The fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of this seventh [07637] month [02320] shall be the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521] for seven [07651] days [03117] unto the LORD [03068].
35 On the first [07223] day [03117] shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744]: ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein.
36 Seven [07651] days [03117] ye shall offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]: on the eighth [08066] day [03117] shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744] unto you; and ye shall offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]: it is a solemn assembly [06116]; and ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein.
37 These are the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068], which ye shall proclaim [07121] to be holy [06944] convocations [04744], to offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068], a burnt offering [05930], and a meat offering [04503], a sacrifice [02077], and drink offerings [05262], every thing [01697] upon his [03117] day [03117]:
38 Beside the sabbaths [07676] of the LORD [03068], and beside your gifts [04979], and beside all your vows [05088], and beside all your freewill offerings [05071], which ye give [05414] unto the LORD [03068].
39 Also in the fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of the seventh [07637] month [02320], when ye have gathered [0622] in the fruit [08393] of the land [0776], ye shall keep [02287] a feast [02282] unto the LORD [03068] seven [07651] days [03117]: on the first [07223] day [03117] shall be a sabbath [07677], and on the eighth [08066] day [03117] shall be a sabbath [07677].
40 And ye shall take [03947] you on the first [07223] day [03117] the boughs [06529] of goodly [01926] trees [06086], branches [03709] of palm [08558] trees, and the boughs [06057] of thick [05687] trees [06086], and willows [06155] of the brook [05158]; and ye shall rejoice [08055] before [06440] the LORD [03068] your God [0430] seven [07651] days [03117].
41 And ye shall keep [02287] it a feast [02282] unto the LORD [03068] seven [07651] days [03117] in the year [08141]. It shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] in your generations [01755]: ye shall celebrate [02287] it in the seventh [07637] month [02320].
42 Ye shall dwell [03427] in booths [05521] seven [07651] days [03117]; all that are Israelites [03478] born [0249] shall dwell [03427] in booths [05521]:
43 That your generations [01755] may know [03045] that I made the children [01121] of Israel [03478] to dwell [03427] in booths [05521], when I brought them out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
44 And Moses [04872] declared [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478] the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068].