Deuteronomy 16:13-15 The Regulations for Worship

13 Feast of Tabernacles
Celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

14 Be joyful at your Feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levites, the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.

15 For seven days celebrate the Feast to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

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Meaning of Deuteronomy 16:13-15

Deuteronomy 16:13 celebrates the Feast of Tabernacles, a time of joy and gratitude for God's provision. By commanding this festival, God not only reinforces the importance of community and shared rejoicing but also underscores a deep connection between divine blessing and human thankfulness.

Cross References for Deuteronomy 16:13-15

2 Chronicles 8:13 - according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons and... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 8:13 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 8:13

Deuteronomy 31:10 - Then Moses commanded them: “At the end of every seven years, in the year for canceling debts, d... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 31:10 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 31:10

Exodus 23:16 - “Celebrate the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. “Celeb... Click to read the verse Exodus 23:16 Click to read the verse Exodus 23:16

Exodus 34:22 - “Celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingat... Click to read the verse Exodus 34:22 Click to read the verse Exodus 34:22

John 7:2 - But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near, Click to read the verse John 7:2 Click to read the verse John 7:2

Nehemiah 8:14-18 - They found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites ... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 8:14-18 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 8:14-18

1 Kings 8:2 - All the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival in the month of... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 8:2 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 8:2

Ezra 3:4 - Then in accordance with what is written, they celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles with the requ... Click to read the verse Ezra 3:4 Click to read the verse Ezra 3:4

Leviticus 23:39 - “‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops o... Click to read the verse Leviticus 23:39 Click to read the verse Leviticus 23:39

Zechariah 14:16-18 - Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year... Click to read the verse Zechariah 14:16-18 Click to read the verse Zechariah 14:16-18

Leviticus 23:34-36 - “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord’s Feast of Tabernac... Click to read the verse Leviticus 23:34-36 Click to read the verse Leviticus 23:34-36

2 Chronicles 7:8-10 - So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him—a vast as... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 7:8-10 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 7:8-10

2 Chronicles 5:3 - And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh ... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 5:3 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 5:3

Numbers 29:12-40 - Feast of Tabernacles “‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, hold a sacred assembly and do... Click to read the verse Numbers 29:12-40 Click to read the verse Numbers 29:12-40

Judges 21:19 - But look, there is the annual festival of the Lord in Shiloh, to the north of Bethel, and east ... Click to read the verse Judges 21:19 Click to read the verse Judges 21:19