“And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.”
On the first day you are to take branches from luxuriant trees — from palms, willows and other leafy trees — and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. The specific instruction for celebrating Tabernacles: taking branches from palm trees, willows, and other leafy trees, and rejoicing before the Lord for seven days. Nehemiah 8:14–15 records Israel reading this command in the restored community and gathering branches accordingly. The branches that create the booths and the branches that are waved before the Lord are the physical expression of the harvest's abundance — the greenery of the land gathered to celebrate the Lord who gave the land its fruitfulness.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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