Leviticus 23:42

Verse

You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,

American Standard Version (1901)

Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are home-born in Israel shall dwell in booths;

For seven days you will be living in tents; all those who are Israelites by birth are to make tents their living-places:

Douay-Rheims 1899

And you shall dwell in bowers seven days: every one that is of the race of Israel, shall dwell in tabernacles:

Free Bible Version

You are to live in temporary shelters for seven days. Every Israelite born in the country must live in shelters,

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye shall dwell in boothes seuen daies: all that are Israelites borne, shall dwel in boothes,

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

You shall dwell in sukkot ·temporary tents· seven days. All who are native-born in Israel [God prevails] shall dwell in a sukkah ·temporary tent·,

Translation for Translators

During the seven days of that festival, all of you people who have been Israelis your entire lives must live in shelters/huts.

Unlocked Literal Bible

You must live in small shelters for seven days. All native-born Israelites must live in small shelters for seven days,

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

You shall dwell in temporary shelters for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,

Young's Literal Translation

'In booths ye dwell seven days; all who are natives in Israel dwell in booths,

Context

The Feast of Tabernacles

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. ⁴²You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,⁴³so 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.’”

Summary

In Leviticus 23:42, God instructs the Israelites to dwell in booths during the Feast of Tabernacles to remember their time in the wilderness when He brought them out of Egypt. This command serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness, provision, and protection throughout their journey. The temporary nature of the booths symbolizes the transient nature of life on earth and the importance of relying on God for sustenance and guidance. By observing this feast, the Israelites were encouraged to cultivate gratitude, trust, and dependence on God for all aspects of their lives.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

Ye shall dwell in booths seven days,.... So that it seems they were not obliged to dwell in them on the eighth day, which was an holy convocation, a sabbath in which no servile work was to be done as the first, Lev 23:36. The eighth day was a day by itself, a sort of an appendage to the feast of tabernacles, when they went into their houses again, and kept it as an holy day; and perhaps principally in giving thanks for the ingathering of the fruits of the earth, to which this seems to be appropriated from Lev 23:39. According to the Jewish writers, they did not go out of their booths until they had dined in them on this day; and as they went out used to say,"may it be the will of God that we may be worthy the next year to dwell in the booth of Leviathan (c);''that is, to feast with the Messiah in the world to come. And to those days the Jews have added a ninth, which they call "the joy of the law", and which they keep for joy of having finished the reading of the law; which being divided into as many sections or lessons as weeks in the year, were so ordered to be read as to be finished at this time (d): all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths; the Targum of Jonathan is,"all the males in Israel, and even the little ones, that do not need their mothers, sit in the shades blessing their Creator, when they enter there.''And, according to the Misnah (e), women, servants, and little ones, are free from the booths (i.e. are not obliged to dwelt in one), but a little one, who hath no need of its mother, is obliged to dwell in the booths: and elsewhere it is said, that sick persons, and such as wait upon them, are not obliged, nor messengers upon any business, nor travellers and watchmen in cities, and keepers of gardens and orchards; if such travel, or keep watch in the day, they are obliged to be in them at night, and if in the night, then they are to dwell in them in the day (f). Jarchi says, that everyone born in Israel comprehends proselytes, who were bound by this law. (c) Lebush, par. 2. c. 668. sect. 5. (d) Buxtorf. Synagog. Jud. c. 27. Leo Moden's History of the Rites of the Jews, par. 3. c. 7. sect. 6. (e) Misn. Succah, c. 2. sect. 6. (f) R. Alphes, par. 1. Succah, c. 2. fol. 374. 2. 375. 1.