Leviticus 23:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

On the first day, take the fruit of fair trees, branches of palm-trees, and branches of thick trees and trees from the riverside, and be glad before the Lord for seven days.

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  • Deut 16:14-15 : 14 You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you. 15 Keep the feast to the Lord your God for seven days, in the place marked out by the Lord: because the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all the produce of your land and all the work of your hands, and you will have nothing but joy.
  • Neh 8:14-17 : 14 And they saw that it was recorded in the law that the Lord had given orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month: 15 And that they were to give out an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book. 16 And the people went out and got them and made themselves tents, every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the house of God, and in the wide place of the water-doorway, and the wide place of the doorway of Ephraim. 17 All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.
  • Ps 92:12 : 12 The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.
  • Isa 35:10 : 10 Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.
  • Isa 66:10 : 10 Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her:
  • Matt 21:8 : 8 And all the people put their clothing down in the way; and others got branches from the trees, and put them down in the way.
  • John 12:13 : 13 Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!
  • John 16:22 : 22 So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.
  • Rom 5:11 : 11 And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:
  • Phil 4:4 : 4 Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
  • Rev 7:9 : 9 After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 23:39
    83%

    39 But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have got in all the fruits of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord for seven days: the first day will be a Sabbath, and the eighth day the same.

  • Neh 8:14-17
    4 verses
    81%

    14 And they saw that it was recorded in the law that the Lord had given orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month:

    15 And that they were to give out an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book.

    16 And the people went out and got them and made themselves tents, every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the house of God, and in the wide place of the water-doorway, and the wide place of the doorway of Ephraim.

    17 All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.

  • Lev 23:41-43
    3 verses
    78%

    41 And let this feast be kept before the Lord for seven days in the year: it is a rule for ever from generation to generation; in the seventh month let it be kept.

    42 For seven days you will be living in tents; all those who are Israelites by birth are to make tents their living-places:

    43 So that future generations may keep in mind how I gave the children of Israel tents as their living-places when I took them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Deut 16:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13 You are to keep the feast of tents for seven days after you have got in all your grain and made your wine:

    14 You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.

    15 Keep the feast to the Lord your God for seven days, in the place marked out by the Lord: because the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all the produce of your land and all the work of your hands, and you will have nothing but joy.

  • Num 29:12
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    12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month let there be a holy meeting; do no field-work, and keep a feast to the Lord for seven days;

  • Lev 23:34-37
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    75%

    34 Say to the children of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month let the feast of tents be kept to the Lord for seven days.

    35 On the first day there will be a holy meeting: do no field-work.

    36 Every day for seven days give an offering made by fire to the Lord; and on the eighth day there is to be a holy meeting, when you are to give an offering made by fire to the Lord; this is a special holy day: you may do no field-work on that day.

    37 These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, to be kept by you as holy days of worship, for making an offering by fire to the Lord; a burned offering, a meal offering, an offering of beasts, and drink offerings; every one on its special day;

  • Exod 23:16
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    16 And the feast of the grain-cutting, the first-fruits of your planted fields: and the feast at the start of the year, when you have got in all the fruit from your fields.

  • Deut 12:7
    73%

    7 There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.

  • Lev 23:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days let your food be unleavened bread.

    7 On the first day you will have a holy meeting; you may do no sort of field-work.

  • Exod 34:22
    72%

    22 And you are to keep the feast of weeks when you get in the first-fruits of the grain, and the feast at the turn of the year when you take in the produce of your fields.

  • Deut 16:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9 Let seven weeks be numbered from the first day when the grain is cut.

    10 Then keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God, with an offering freely given to him from the wealth he has given you:

    11 Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.

  • Lev 23:15
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    15 And let seven full weeks be numbered from the day after the Sabbath, the day when you give the grain for the wave offering;

  • Num 29:1
    71%

    1 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, let there be a holy meeting; on it you may do no field-work; let the day be marked by the blowing of horns;

  • Deut 26:2
    71%

    2 You are to take a part of the first-fruits of the earth, which you get from the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place marked out by the Lord your God, as the resting-place of his name.

  • Isa 55:12
    71%

    12 For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.

  • Hos 9:5
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    5 What will you do on the day of worship, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?

  • Exod 13:6
    71%

    6 For seven days let your food be unleavened cakes; and on the seventh day there is to be a feast to the Lord.

  • Num 29:35
    70%

    35 On the eighth day let there be a holy meeting: you may do no field-work;

  • Num 28:25-26
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    70%

    25 Then on the seventh day there will be a holy meeting; you may do no field-work.

    26 And at the time of the first-fruits, when you give an offering of new meal to the Lord at your feast of weeks, there is to be a holy meeting: you may do no field-work:

  • 2 Chr 7:9
    70%

    9 And on the eighth day they had a holy meeting; the offerings for making the altar holy went on for seven days, and the feast for seven days.

  • Num 28:18
    70%

    18 On the first day there is to be a holy meeting: you may do no sort of field-work:

  • Neh 10:35
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    35 And to take the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of every sort of tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord;

  • Deut 26:11
    70%

    11 And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.

  • Lev 25:8
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    8 And let seven Sabbaths of years be numbered to you, seven times seven years; even the days of seven Sabbaths of years, that is forty-nine years;

  • Lev 23:21
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    21 And on the same day, let it be given out that there will be a holy meeting for you: you may do no field-work on that day: it is a rule for ever through all your generations wherever you are living.

  • Lev 23:9-11
    3 verses
    70%

    9 And the Lord said to Moses,

    10 Say to the children of Israel, When you have come to the land which I will give you, and have got in the grain from its fields, take some of the first-fruits of the grain to the priest;

    11 And let the grain be waved before the Lord, so that you may be pleasing to him; on the day after the Sabbath let it be waved by the priest.

  • Lev 23:4
    70%

    4 These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, the holy days of worship which you will keep at their regular times.

  • Num 29:7
    70%

    7 And on the tenth day of this seventh month there will be a holy meeting; keep yourselves from pleasure, and do no sort of work;

  • Isa 30:29
    70%

    29 You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and you will be glad in heart, as when they go with music of the pipe to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 30:23
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    23 And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy.

  • Lev 23:32
    69%

    32 Let this be a Sabbath of special rest to you, and keep yourselves from all pleasure; on the ninth day of the month at nightfall from evening to evening, let this Sabbath be kept.

  • Lev 19:24
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    24 And in the fourth year all the fruit will be holy as a praise-offering to the Lord.