⁴⁰ Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the ^[a]foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

¹² And you shall ^(A)rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the ^(B)Levite who is within your gates, since ^(C)he has no portion or inheritance with you.

¹⁸ But ^(A)you shall eat them before the Lord your God in ^(B)the place which the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female servants, and the ^(C)Levite who is within your gates; and you shall ^(D)rejoice before the Lord your God in all ^[a]your undertakings.

²⁶ You may spend the money for whatever your ^[a]heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever your ^[b]heart ^[c]desires; and ^(A)there you shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household.

⁴⁷ “^(A)Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things;

¹² I know that there is ^(A)nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; ¹³ moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the ^(B)gift of God.

¹⁸ Here is what I have seen to be ^(A)good and ^[a]fitting: to eat, to drink and ^[b]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few ^[c]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his ^[d](B)reward. ¹⁹ Furthermore, as for every man to whom ^(C)God has given riches and wealth, He has also ^(D)empowered him to eat from them and to receive his ^[e]reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the ^(E)gift of God. ²⁰ For he will not often ^[f]consider the ^[g]years of his life, because ^(F)God keeps ^[h]him occupied with the gladness of his heart.