Leviticus 23 · Verse 40

Leviticus 23:40

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.
Leviticus 23:40, King James Version

Leviticus 23:40 in other translations

BSBOn 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.
WEBYou shall take on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
ASVAnd ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days.
YLTand ye have taken to yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palms, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of a brook, and have rejoiced before Jehovah your God seven days.
DARBYAnd ye shall take on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, palm branches and the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days.
BBEOn the first day, take the fruit of fair trees, branches of palm-trees, and branches of thick trees and trees from the riverside, and be glad before the Lord for seven days.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Leviticus 23:40 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 23:34-44

34-44. the feast of tabernacles, for seven days unto the Lord--This festival, which was instituted in grateful commemoration of the Israelites having securely dwelt in booths or tabernacles in the wilderness, was the third of the three great annual festivals, and, like the other two, it lasted a week. It began on the fifteenth day of the month, corresponding to the end of our September and beginning of October…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 40 Boughs of goodly trees - The Jews and many critics imagine the citron-tree to be intended, and by boughs of thick tree the myrtle.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 23:33-44

In the feast of Tabernacles there was a remembrance of their dwelling in tents, or booths, in the wilderness, as well as their fathers dwelling in tents in Canaan; to remind them of their origin and their deliverance. Christ's tabernacling on earth in human nature, might also be prefigured. And it represents the believer's life on earth: a stranger and pilgrim here below, his home and heart are above with his…

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Leviticus 23:40 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּלְקַחְתֶּ֨םu.le.kach.Temand you will takeH3947
לָכֶ֜םla.Khemfor <the> yourselves
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הָרִאשׁ֗וֹןha.ri.Shon<the> firstH7223
פְּרִ֨יpe.Rifruit ofH6529
עֵ֤ץ'etztree[s] ofH6086
הָדָר֙ha.DarsplendorH1926
כַּפֹּ֣תka.Potfronds ofH3709
תְּמָרִ֔יםte.ma.Rimpalm treesH8558
וַעֲנַ֥ףva.'a.Nafand branch[es] ofH6057
עֵץ\־'etz-tree[s]H6086
עָבֹ֖ת'a.VotleafyH5687
וְעַרְבֵי\־ve.'ar.vei-and poplars ofH6155
נָ֑חַלNa.chala wadiH5158
וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗םu.se.mach.Temand you will rejoiceH8055
לִפְנֵ֛יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
שִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtsevenH7651
יָמִֽים\׃ya.MimdaysH3117

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Cross references for Leviticus 23:40

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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. Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Nehemiah 8:14-17

    And 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: And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

  • 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.

  • Philippians 3:3

    For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

  • 1 Peter 1:8

    Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

  • Psalms 92:12

    The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the boughs. Heb. fruit.
Ne 8:15; Mt 21:8
of palm trees.
Ps 92:12; Joh 12:13; Re 7:9
rejoice.
De 16:14,15; Isa 35:10; 66:10; Joh 16:22; Ro 5:11; Php 3:3; 4:4
1Pe 1:8

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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.

  • Leviticus 23:40

    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.

  • Leviticus 23:41

    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.

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Leviticus 23:40 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tomaréis el primer día gajos con fruto de árbol hermoso, ramos de palmas, y ramas de árboles espesos, y sauces de los arroyos; y os regocijaréis delante de Jehová vuestro Dios por siete días.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le premier jour vous prendrez du fruit de beaux arbres, des branches de palmiers, et des rameaux d’arbres touffus et de saules de rivière; et vous vous réjouirez devant l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, pendant sept jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr sollt euch am ersten Tage Frucht von schönen Bäumen nehmen, Palmzweige und Zweige von dichtbelaubten Bäumen und von Bachweiden, und sollt euch vor Jehova, eurem Gott, freuen sieben Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sumetisque vobis die primo fructus arboris pulcherrimæ, spatulasque palmarum, et ramos ligni densarum frondium, et salices de torrente, et lætabimini coram Domino Deo vestro.