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42 You shall dwell in temporary shelters[a] for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,[b] 43 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in temporary shelters[c] when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.’”

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  1. 23:42 or, booths
  2. 23:42 or, booths
  3. 23:43 or, booths

42 You must live in temporary shelters[a] for seven days; every native citizen in Israel must live in shelters, 43 so that your future generations may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’”

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  1. Leviticus 23:42 tn Heb “in the huts” (again at the end of this verse and in v. 43), perhaps referring to temporary shelters (i.e., huts) made of the foliage referred to in v. 40 (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 389).