KJV King James Version
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
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Leviticus 23:42
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,
WEB World English Bible
You shall dwell in booths seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in booths,
ASV American Standard Version
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are home-born in Israel shall dwell in booths;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘In booths ye dwell seven days; all who are natives in Israel dwell in booths,
Surrounding context — Leviticus 23
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.
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.
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.
42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.
44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
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Nehemiah 8:14-17And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:Hebrews 11:13-16These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.Numbers 24:2And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding [in his tents] according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.Jeremiah 35:10But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.Genesis 33:17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.Numbers 24:5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, [and] thy tabernacles, O Israel!2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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