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and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your man-servant, and your maid-servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
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Joy Must Be Inclusive
All the commentators emphasize that the command to rejoice was radically inclusive. It wasn't just for the head of the household but extended to the entire community, explicitly including servants, Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows. This shows that from the beginning, God's intention for worship and celebration was for it to be a shared experience that intentionally cares for the vulnerable.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 16:9–12
18th Century
Theologian
Feast of Weeks; and (Deuteronomy 16:13–17), Feast of Tabernacles. Nothing is here added to the rules given in Leviticus and Numbers exc…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 16:9–12
19th Century
Bishop
Deuteronomy 16:9–12. THE FEAST OF WEEKS, OR PENTECOST.
See also Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:18–23;[Refer…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 16:11
16th Century
Theologian
And thou shalt require. On another ground, he exhorts and encourages them to willingness, because the service of God brings this rejoicing…
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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 16:11
17th Century
Pastor
And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God
Make a liberal feast, and keep it cheerfully, in the presence of God,…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 16:1–17
17th Century
Minister
The laws for the three yearly feasts are repeated here: that of the Passover, that of Pentecost, that of Tabernacles; and the general law concernin…