Leviticus 23 · Verse 42

Leviticus 23:42

Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
Leviticus 23:42, King James Version

Leviticus 23:42 in other translations

BSBYou are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,
WEBYou shall dwell in temporary shelters for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,
ASVYe shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are home-born in Israel shall dwell in booths;
YLT‘In booths ye dwell seven days; all who are natives in Israel dwell in booths,
DARBYIn booths shall ye dwell seven days; all born in Israel shall dwell in booths;
BBEFor seven days you will be living in tents; all those who are Israelites by birth are to make tents their living-places:
WebsterYe shall dwell in booths seven days: all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

What does Leviticus 23:42 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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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 23:42 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.

בַּסֻּכֹּ֥תba.su.Kotin <the> boothsH5521
תֵּשְׁב֖וּte.she.Vuyou will dwellH3427
שִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtsevenH7651
יָמִ֑יםya.MimdaysH3117
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
הָֽאֶזְרָח֙ha.'ez.Rach<the> native-bornH249
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'Elin IsraelH3478
יֵשְׁב֖וּye.she.Vuthey will dwellH3427
בַּסֻּכֹּֽת\׃ba.su.Kotin <the> boothsH5521

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Cross references for Leviticus 23:42

  • 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.

  • Numbers 24:2

    And 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.

  • Hebrews 11:13-16

    These 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. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

  • Jeremiah 35:10

    But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

  • Numbers 24:5

    How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

  • Genesis 33:17

    And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:1

    For 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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Ge 33:17; Nu 24:2,5; Ne 8:14-17; Jer 35:10; 2Co 5:1; Heb 11:13-16

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Context

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 23:42

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

  • Leviticus 23:43

    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.

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Leviticus 23:42 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En cabañas habitaréis siete días: todo natural de Israel habitará en cabañas;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Vous habiterez sept jours dans des tabernacles; tous les indigènes en Israël habiteront dans des tabernacles,
German
Elberfelder 1871
In Laubhütten sollt ihr wohnen sieben Tage; alle Eingeborenen in Israel sollen in Laubhütten wohnen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et habitabitis in umbraculis septem diebus: omnis, qui de genere est Israël, manebit in tabernaculis,