The Feast of Tabernacles
26 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
17 sections
- All Males Obliged to Appear At
- Began Fifteenth of Seventh Month
- Called the Feast of Ingathering
- Customs Observed At: Bearing Branches of Palms
- Customs Observed At: Drawing Water from the Pool of Siloam
- Customs Observed At: Singing Hosannas
- First and Last Days of, Holy Convocations
- Held After Harvest and Vintage
- Lasted Seven Days
- Remarkable Celebrations of After the Captivity
- Remarkable Celebrations of At the Dedication of Solomon's Temple
- Sacrifices During
- The Law Publicly Read Every Seventh Year At
- The People Dwelt in Booths During
- To be Observed with Rejoicing
- To be Observed: Perpetually
- To Commemorate the Sojourn of Israel in the Desert
All Males Obliged to Appear At
- 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. …
Began Fifteenth of Seventh Month
- Leviticus 23:34 “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.
- Leviticus 23:39 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.
Called the Feast of Ingathering
- 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. …
Customs Observed At: Bearing Branches of Palms
- Leviticus 23:40 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.
- Revelation 7:9 After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
Customs Observed At: Drawing Water from the Pool of Siloam
- Isaiah 12:3 With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
- John 7:2 However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
- John 7:37–39 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. …
Customs Observed At: Singing Hosannas
- Psalm 118:24–29 This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. …
- Matthew 21:8–9 A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. …
First and Last Days of, Holy Convocations
- Leviticus 23:35 On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
- Leviticus 23:39 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.
- 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.
- Numbers 29:35 On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Held After Harvest and Vintage
- Deuteronomy 16:13 You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
Lasted Seven Days
- Leviticus 23:34 “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.
- Leviticus 23:41 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.
- Deuteronomy 16:13 You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
- Deuteronomy 16:15 For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.
Remarkable Celebrations of After the Captivity
- Exodus 3:4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- Nehemiah 8:17 The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.
Remarkable Celebrations of At the Dedication of Solomon's Temple
- 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.
- 1 Kings 8:65 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him— a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt— kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days— fourteen days in all.
Sacrifices During
- Leviticus 23:36–37 For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work. …
- Numbers 29:13–39 As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a food offering, a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished, …
The Law Publicly Read Every Seventh Year At
- Deuteronomy 31:10–12 Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles, …
- 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.
The People Dwelt in Booths During
- Leviticus 23:42 You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,
- Nehemiah 8:15–16 and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make …
To be Observed with Rejoicing
- Deuteronomy 16:14–15 And you shall rejoice in your feast— you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. …
To be Observed: Perpetually
- Leviticus 23:41 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.
To Commemorate the Sojourn of Israel in the Desert
- Leviticus 23:43 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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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.