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Of the Feast of Tabernacle
v. 13. Thou shalt observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, Exo_23:16; Lev_23:34; Num_29:12, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine, all the products of the threshing-floor and of the wine-press;
v. 14. and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow that are within thy gates, all of whom should be remembered upon such a happy occasion.
v. 15. Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord, thy God, Lev_23:39, in the place which the Lord shall choose; because the Lord, thy God, shall bless thee in all thine increase and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
v. 16. Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord, thy God, in the place which He shall choose, Exo_23:17; Exo_34:23, but this precept did not exclude the women, 1Sa_1:3-5; Luk_2:41 : in the Feast of Unleavened Bread and in the Feast of Weeks and in the Feast of Tabernacles. And they shall not appear before the Lord empty;
v. 17. every man shall give as he is able, as much as he finds that he can possibly afford to give, according to the blessing of the Lord, thy God, which He hath given thee, in the form of voluntary offerings. Three points deserve to be noted here, namely, that all men appeared at these great festivals, and that they did not leave their families at home if they could arrange to bring them along, that the rejoicing was over the wonderful deeds of the Lord, and that they brought voluntary gifts, as the Lord had prospered them. These three points deserve to be kept in mind by all Christians.