Leviticus 23:40
Context| NETBible | On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees 1 – palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook – and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. |
| XREF | De 16:14,15; Ne 8:15; Ps 92:12; Isa 35:10; Isa 66:10; Mt 21:8; Joh 12:13; Joh 16:22; Ro 5:11; Php 3:3; Php 4:4; 1Pe 1:8; Re 7:9 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “fruit of majestic trees,” but the following terms and verses define what is meant by this expression. For extensive remarks on the celebration of this festival in history and tradition see B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 163; J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 389-90; and P. J. Budd, Leviticus (NCBC), 328-29. |
