¹⁵ and that they should proclaim it and ^(A)publish it in all their towns and ^(B)in Jerusalem, “Go out to the hills and bring ^(C)branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.”

⁴⁰ And ^(A)you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and ^(B)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

^16 (A)“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. ^(B)They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.

The Passover

^4 (A)“These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, the ^(B)holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them.

A Great Multitude from Every Nation

⁹ After this I looked, and behold, ^(A)a great multitude that no one could number, ^(B)from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, ^(C)clothed in white robes, with ^(D)palm branches in their hands,

¹³ So they took branches of ^(A)palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, ^(B)“Hosanna! Blessed is ^(C)he who comes in the name of the Lord, even ^(D)the King of Israel!”

The Triumphal Entry

21 ^(A)Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to ^(B)the Mount of Olives, then Jesus ^(C)sent two disciples,

⁴⁸ And Abimelech went up to Mount ^(A)Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him. And Abimelech took an axe in his hand and cut down a bundle of brushwood and took it up and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the men who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry and do as I have done.” ⁴⁹ So every one of the people cut down his bundle and following Abimelech put it against ^(B)the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about 1,000 men and women.

¹¹ And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.