Leviticus 23:40

And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

And ye shall take {H3947} you on the first {H7223} day {H3117} the boughs {H6529} of goodly {H1926} trees {H6086}, branches {H3709} of palm {H8558} trees, and the boughs {H6057} of thick {H5687} trees {H6086}, and willows {H6155} of the brook {H5158}; and ye shall rejoice {H8055} before {H6440} the LORD {H3068} your God {H430} seven {H7651} days {H3117}.

On the first day you are to take choice fruit, palm fronds, thick branches and river-willows, and celebrate in the presence of ADONAI your God for seven days.

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.

And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days.

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 7:9 (5 votes)

    After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

  • Philippians 4:4 (5 votes)

    Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.

  • Deuteronomy 16:14 (4 votes)

    And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy gates.

  • Deuteronomy 16:15 (4 votes)

    Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

  • Matthew 21:8 (3 votes)

    And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed [them] in the way.

  • John 12:13 (3 votes)

    Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed [is] the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

  • Romans 5:11 (3 votes)

    And not only [so], but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.