King James Version
Leviticus 23:42 in the King James Version says “Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:”
Leviticus 23:42 · KJV
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. boughs of goodly trees: Heb. fruit of, etc
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.
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
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.
And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Ye shall dwell”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all that are Israelites”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“Ye shall dwell”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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