Leviticus 23:41

Verse

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.

American Standard Version (1901)

And ye shall keep it a feast unto Jehovah seven days in the year: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations; ye shall keep it in the seventh month.

Bible in Basic English

And let this feast be kept before the Lord for seven days in the year: it is a rule for ever from generation to generation; in the seventh month let it be kept.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And you shall keep the solemnity thereof seven days in the year. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in your generations. In the seventh month shall you celebrate this feast.

Free Bible Version

You are to hold this festival to honor the Lord for seven days every year. This regulation is for all time and for all future generations.

Geneva Bible 1599

So ye shall keepe this feast vnto the Lord seuen daies in the yere, by a perpetuall ordinance through your generations: in the seuenth moneth shall you keepe it.

King James (Authorized) Version

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.

One Unity Resource Bible

You shall keep it a feast to Adonai seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout all your generations. You shall keep it in the seventh month.

Translation for Translators

You must celebrate this festival for seven days every year. You must never stop obeying my commands/instructions for that festival. You must celebrate it in September.

Unlocked Literal Bible

For seven days each year, you must celebrate this festival for Yahweh. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations in all the places where you live. You must celebrate this festival in the seventh month.

Noah Webster Bible

And ye shall keep it a feast to 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.

World English Bible

You shall keep it as a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations. You shall keep it in the seventh month.

Young's Literal Translation

'And ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah, seven days in a year — a statute age-during to your generations; in the seventh month ye keep it a feast.

Context

The Feast of Tabernacles

⁴⁰On 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.⁴¹You 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.

Sermons

The Feasts of Jehovah 04 Firstfruits

John W. Bramhall

429

Summary

This verse instructs the Israelites to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to commemorate their journey in the wilderness when God dwelt among them. It symbolizes God's provision, protection, and presence with His people. The temporary booths they were to dwell in during the feast serve as a reminder of their dependence on God and the need to trust in His faithfulness. The Feast of Tabernacles also points to the future fulfillment in Christ, who came to dwell among humanity and bring salvation, embodying God's presence and grace.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord seven days in the year,.... Every year it was to be kept for the space of seven days, beginning on the fifteenth and ending on the twenty second of the month Tisri or September: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations; until the Messiah should come and tabernacle among men, the substance of this shadow, on whose coming it was to flee away: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month; which is repeated for the confirmation of it, and that no mistake might be made.