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At that time Solomon held the festival for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from Lebo-hamath to the Wadi of Egypt.(A)

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So Solomon observed the festival(A) at that time for seven days, and all Israel(B) with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath(C) to the Wadi of Egypt.(D)

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18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates,(A)

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18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram(A) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,(B) from the Wadi[a] of Egypt(C) to the great river, the Euphrates(D)

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  1. Genesis 15:18 Or river

65 So Solomon held the festival at that time and all Israel with him—a great assembly, people from Lebo-hamath to the Wadi of Egypt—before the Lord our God, seven days.[a](A)

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  1. 8.65 Compare Gk: Heb seven days and seven days, fourteen days

65 So Solomon observed the festival(A) at that time, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath(B) to the Wadi of Egypt.(C) They celebrated it before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all.

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27 Yet we know where this man is from, but when the Messiah[a] comes no one will know where he is from.”(A) 28 Then Jesus cried out as he was teaching in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on my own. But the one who sent me is true, and you do not know him.(B) 29 I know him because I am from him, and he sent me.”(C) 30 Then they tried to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him because his hour had not yet come.(D) 31 Yet many in the crowd believed in him and were saying, “When the Messiah[b] comes, will he do more signs than this man has done?”[c](E)

Officers Are Sent to Arrest Jesus

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering such things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent temple police to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.(F) 34 You will search for me, but you will not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.”(G) 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?(H) 36 What does he mean by saying, ‘You will search for me, but you will not find me’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

Rivers of Living Water

37 On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me,(I) 38 and let the one who believes in me drink. As[d] the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart[e] shall flow rivers of living water.’ ”(J) 39 Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive, for as yet there was no Spirit[f] because Jesus was not yet glorified.(K)

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  1. 7.27 Or the Christ
  2. 7.31 Or the Christ
  3. 7.31 Other ancient authorities read is doing
  4. 7.38 Or come to me and drink. The one who believes in me, as
  5. 7.38 Gk out of his belly
  6. 7.39 Other ancient authorities read for as yet the Spirit (others, Holy Spirit) had not been given

27 But we know where this man is from;(A) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(B) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(C) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(D) You do not know him, 29 but I know him(E) because I am from him and he sent me.”(F)

30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,(G) because his hour had not yet come.(H) 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him.(I) They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs(J) than this man?”

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.

33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,(K) and then I am going to the one who sent me.(L) 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”(M)

35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered(N) among the Greeks,(O) and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”(P)

37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(Q) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(R) 38 Whoever believes(S) in me, as Scripture has said,(T) rivers of living water(U) will flow from within them.”[a](V) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(W) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(X) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(Y)

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  1. John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”

Now the Jewish Festival of Booths[a] was near.(A)

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  1. 7.2 Or Tabernacles

But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles(A) was near,

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16 Then all who survive of the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Festival of Booths.[a](A) 17 If any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no rain upon them.(B) 18 And if the family of Egypt do not go up and present themselves, there will be no rain for them; there will be the plague that the Lord inflicts on the nations that do not go up to keep the Festival of Booths.[b](C) 19 Such shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to keep the Festival of Booths.[c](D)

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  1. 14.16 Or Tabernacles
  2. 14.18 Or Tabernacles
  3. 14.19 Or Tabernacles

16 Then the survivors(A) from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship(B) the King,(C) the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.(D) 17 If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship(E) the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain.(F) 18 If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord[a] will bring on them the plague(G) he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.(H) 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.(I)

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  1. Zechariah 14:18 Or part, then the Lord

14 Indeed, I am raising up against you a nation,
    O house of Israel, says the Lord, the God of hosts,
and they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath
    to the Wadi Arabah.(A)

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14 For the Lord God Almighty declares,
    “I will stir up a nation(A) against you, Israel,
that will oppress you all the way
    from Lebo Hamath(B) to the valley of the Arabah.(C)

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The Festival of Booths Celebrated

13 On the second day the heads of ancestral houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the law. 14 And they found it written in the law that the Lord had commanded by Moses that the Israelites should live in booths[a] during the festival of the seventh month(A) 15 and that they should publish and proclaim in all their towns and in Jerusalem as follows, “Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths,[b] as it is written.”(B) 16 So the people went out and brought them and made booths[c] for themselves, each on the roofs of their houses, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.(C) 17 And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths[d] and lived in them, for from the days of Jeshua son of Nun to that day the Israelites had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing.(D) 18 And day by day, from the first day to the last day, Ezra[e] read from the book of the law of God. They kept the festival seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.(E)

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  1. 8.14 Or tabernacles
  2. 8.15 Or tabernacles
  3. 8.16 Or tabernacles
  4. 8.17 Or tabernacles
  5. 8.18 Heb he

13 On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered around Ezra the teacher to give attention to the words of the Law. 14 They found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to live in temporary shelters(A) during the festival of the seventh month 15 and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters”—as it is written.[a]

16 So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves temporary shelters on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God and in the square by the Water Gate(B) and the one by the Gate of Ephraim.(C) 17 The whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them.(D) From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated(E) it like this. And their joy was very great.

18 Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read(F) from the Book of the Law(G) of God. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation,(H) there was an assembly.(I)

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  1. Nehemiah 8:15 See Lev. 23:37-40.

13 Many people came together in Jerusalem to keep the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very large assembly.(A)

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13 A very large crowd of people assembled in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread(A) in the second month.

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21 [a]Solomon was sovereign over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.[b](A)]]

22 Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of choice flour and sixty cors of meal, 23 ten fat oxen and twenty pasture-fed cattle, one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates,[c] and he had peace on all sides.(B) 25 During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all of them under their vines and fig trees.(C)

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  1. 4.21 5.1 in Heb
  2. 4.20–21 Gk lacks 4.20–21
  3. 4.24 Gk: Heb adds from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates

21 And Solomon ruled(A) over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River(B) to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.(C) These countries brought tribute(D) and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.

22 Solomon’s daily provisions(E) were thirty cors[a] of the finest flour and sixty cors[b] of meal, 23 ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.(F) 24 For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah(G) to Gaza, and had peace(H) on all sides. 25 During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba,(I) lived in safety,(J) everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.(K)

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  1. 1 Kings 4:22 That is, probably about 5 1/2 tons or about 5 metric tons
  2. 1 Kings 4:22 That is, probably about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons

(from the Shihor, which is near Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is reckoned as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim(A) in the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of the Amorites, and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath,

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from the Shihor River(A) on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron(B) on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers(C) in Gaza, Ashdod,(D) Ashkelon,(E) Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites(F) on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek(G) and the border of the Amorites;(H) the area of Byblos;(I) and all Lebanon(J) to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon(K) to Lebo Hamath.(L)

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The Festival of Booths Reviewed

13 “You shall keep the Festival of Booths[a] for seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your winepress.(A) 14 Rejoice during your festival, you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, as well as the Levites, the strangers, the orphans, and the widows resident in your towns.(B) 15 Seven days you shall keep the festival to the Lord your God at the place that the Lord will choose, for the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all your undertakings, and you shall surely celebrate.(C)

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  1. 16.13 Or Tabernacles

The Festival of Tabernacles(A)

13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor(B) and your winepress.(C) 14 Be joyful(D) at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. 15 For seven days celebrate the festival 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(E) will be complete.

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the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Wadi of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the Sea.(A)

“For the western boundary, you shall have the Great Sea and its[a] coast; this shall be your western boundary.

“This shall be your northern boundary: from the Great Sea you shall mark out your line to Mount Hor;(B) from Mount Hor you shall mark it out to Lebo-hamath, and the outer limit of the boundary shall be at Zedad;(C)

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  1. 34.6 Syr: Heb lacks its

where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt(A) and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

“‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.(B) This will be your boundary on the west.(C)

“‘For your northern boundary,(D) run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor(E) and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath.(F) Then the boundary will go to Zedad,

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