He had said that a proclamation should be made throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, telling the people to go to the hills to get branches from olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees. They were to use these branches to make shelters in which they would live during the festival, as prescribed in the Law.
Commentaries
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The mount - The “Mount of Olives” is probably intended.
Pine branches - Rather, “branches of the wild olive.” The actual trees …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
19th Century
Anglican
19th Century
The Feast of Tabernacles.
John Gill
JohnGill
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities,
and in Jerusalem
That …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century
They found it written in the Law about the Feast of Tabernacles. Those who diligently search the Scriptures find things written there that they hav…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes