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Leviticus 23:41

39 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.

40 On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.

42 You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,

43 so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”

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BSB
You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.
KJV
And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
WEB
You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations. You shall keep it in the seventh month.
ASV
And ye shall keep it a feast unto Jehovah seven days in the year: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations; ye shall keep it in the seventh month.
DARBY
And ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah seven days in the year: [it is] an everlasting statute throughout your generations; in the seventh month shall ye celebrate it.
BLB
And you⁺ shall keep it as a feast to YHWH [for] seven days in the year, an everlasting statute in your⁺ generations. In the seventh month you⁺ shall celebrate it.
ÅB
Denne høytid skal dere holde som en fest for Herren syv dager om året; det skal være en evig lov for dere, fra slekt til slekt; i den syvende måned skal dere holde den.
OTB
Feir det som en høytid for Herren i syv dager hvert år. Dette skal være en varig forskrift for de kommende generasjoner; feir det i den syvende måneden.
B1930
Denne høitid skal I holde som en fest for Herren syv dager om året; det skal være en evig lov for eder, fra slekt til slekt; i den syvende måned skal I holde den.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 29:12

    On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.

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  • Nehemiah 8:18

    Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.

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