Verse 17
17. Since the days of Joshua… had not the children of Israel done so The emphasis is on so. The feast of tabernacles had often been observed since the time of Joshua, but not in such a way as on this occasion, when all the congregation… made booths, and sat under the booths. “The words do not imply,” says Keil, “that since the days of Joshua to that time no booths at all had been made at the celebration of the feast of tabernacles, but only that this had not been done by the whole congregation. On former occasions, those who came up to Jerusalem may have regarded this precept as non-essential, and contented themselves by keeping the feast with solemn assemblies, sacrifices, and sacrificial feasts, without making booths and dwelling in them for seven days.”
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