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and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your man-servant, and your maid-servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates.
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Joy is Communal and Inclusive
The command to rejoice wasn't just for the immediate family. Commentators stress the explicit inclusion of servants, Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows. One ancient rabbi, Rashi, noted that by making God's 'four' (the vulnerable) rejoice, God in turn makes 'your four' (your family) rejoice. True biblical joy is intentionally shared with the entire community, especially the marginalized.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 16:13–15. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven d…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall rejoice in your feast At this feast of tabernacles and ingathering of the fruits of the earth, in toke…
Presbyterian
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…
