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John 7:2

1 After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

3 So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.

4 For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
KJV
Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
WEB
Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
ASV
Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
DARBY
Now the tabernacles, the feast of the Jews, was near.
BLB
Now the feast of the Jews—[that] of Booths—was near.
ÅB
Og jødenes høytid, løvsalenes fest, var nær.
OTB
Nå nærmet den jødiske løvhyttefesten seg.
B1930
Og jødenes høitid, løvsalenes fest, var nær.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Zechariah 14:16–19

    Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:13–16

    You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

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  • Leviticus 23:34–43

    “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.

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  • Exodus 23:16–17

    You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

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  • Numbers 29:12–38

    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 8:14–18

    And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month.

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  • Ezra 3:4

    They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.

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  • 1 Kings 8:2

    And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

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