John 7:2

Translations

Modern

However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

Traditional

Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.

Literal

Now the feast of the Jews—that of Booths—was near.

Latin

Erat autem in proximo dies festus Judæorum, Scenopegia.

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Greek

English

However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

Notes

John 7:2

The law of Moses required Jewish men to come to the temple for the Feast of Tabernacles (Exodus 23:14–17; Deuteronomy 16:16). This annual seven-day autumn harvest feast happened in Jerusalem six months after Passover (John 6:4).

During the feast, people lived in temporary shelters to remember the tents Israel used during their 40 years in the wilderness.

John 7:1–52

This chapter describes Jesus at the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus used parts of the feast to reveal his true identity to his fellow Jews and to show that he had fulfilled the feast's essential meaning (see 7:37–39; 8:12).

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James, Brother of Jesus

Events

Feast of Tabernacles

Related verses

Zechariah 14:16–19
Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
Deuteronomy 16:13–16
You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
Numbers 29:12–38
On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
Leviticus 23:34–43
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
Exodus 23:16–17
You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
1 Kings 8:2
And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
Nehemiah 8:14–18
And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
2 Chronicles 7:9–10
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.
1 Kings 8:65
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
Ezra 3:4
They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.

People

Festival of Booths: Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' wilderness wanderings Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

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Feast of Tabernacles by Jesus Jerusalem: Jesus, the Christ: Journeys to Jerusalem to Attend the Feast of Tabernacles, Passing Through Samaria The Feast of Tabernacles: Customs Observed At: Drawing Water from the Pool of Siloam The Law of Moses: Christ: Attended all Feasts of

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