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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 16:12

in Egypt. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, have "in the land of Egypt". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 16:13

corn = threshing-floor Put by Figure of speech Metonymy , wine = winepress. for what is produced from them. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 16:9

THE FEAST OF PENTECOST"Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing grain shalt thou begin to number seven weeks. And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto Jehovah thy God with a tribute of a freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as Jehovah thy God blesseth thee: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 16:13

THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES"Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress: and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow that are within thy gates. Seven days shall thou keep a feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose; because Jehovah thy God will bless... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 16:9

9-12. Seven weeks shalt thou number—The feast of weeks, or a WEEK OF WEEKS: the feast of pentecost (see on :-; also see Exodus 34:22; Acts 2:1). As on the second day of the passover a sheaf of new barley, reaped on purpose, was offered, so on the second day of pentecost a sheaf of new wheat was presented as first-fruits (Exodus 23:16; Numbers 28:26), a freewill, spontaneous tribute of gratitude to God for His temporal bounties. This feast was instituted in memory of the giving of the law, that... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 16:13

13-17. Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days—(See on :-; :-; :-). Various conjectures have been formed to account for the appointment of this feast at the conclusion of the whole harvest. Some imagine that it was designed to remind the Israelites of the time when they had no cornfields to reap but were daily supplied with manna; others think that it suited the convenience of the people better than any other period of the year for dwelling in booths; others that it was the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 16:1-17

The celebration of Passover, Firstfruits, and Tabernacles 16:1-17The point of connection of this section with what precedes is the sacrificial meals. Moses repeated here the instructions regarding those important feasts that included sacrificial meals that the people would eat at the tabernacle (cf. Exodus 12; Leviticus 23; Numbers 28-29).1. Passover and Unleavened Bread Deuteronomy 16:1-82. Pentecost (also called Harvest, Weeks, and Firstfruits) Deuteronomy 16:9-123. Tabernacles (also called... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 16:1-22

Injunctions Regarding Feasts, Judges, Groves, and Images1-8. On the Passover see Exodus 12 Leviticus 23:4-8; Numbers 28:16-25, and the notes on these passages. It will be observed that the general law of Deuteronomy 12:5 (see on Deuteronomy 12:4-28) is here applied to each of the three great annual festivals: see Deuteronomy 16:2, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:15.3. Bread of affliction] So called from the circumstances in which the festival was instituted and which the unleavened bread and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 16:9-12

Deuteronomy 16:9-12. THE FEAST OF WEEKS, OR PENTECOST.See also Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:18-23; Leviticus 23:15-22; Numbers 28:26-31. The feast itself is ordained in Exodus; the time is given in Leviticus; and the sacrifices in Numbers.(9) From such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.—The word for sickle only occurs here and in Deuteronomy 23:25. In Leviticus the weeks are ordered to be reckoned from the offering of the wave sheaf on the sixteenth day of the first month, two... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 16:13-15

Deuteronomy 16:13-15. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.(13) Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days.—For details of the observance see the passages already referred to in Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers, but more especially Leviticus 23:33-43.(14) Thou, and thy son . . .—The rejoicing of the Feast of Tabernacles was proverbial among the Jews. On the persons who are to share the joy, Rashi has an interesting note. “The Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow,—My four... read more

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