"And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees…" — Leviticus 23:40

Leviticus 23:40 · KJV

“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. {boughs of goodly trees: Heb. fruit of, etc}”

— Leviticus 23:40

Verse 39

Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day {shall be} a sabbath, and on the eighth day {shall be} a sabbath.

Verse 41

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.

Leviticus 23 — Context

Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.

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. {boughs of goodly trees: Heb. fruit of, etc}

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.

Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

Cross References

Revelation 7:9

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

Rejoice in the Lord alway: {and} again I say, Rejoice.

Matthew 21:8

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

Deuteronomy 16:14-15

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.

John 12:13

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.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

John 16:22

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Romans 5:11

And not only {so}, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. {atonement: or, reconciliation}