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Deuteronomy 16:11 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 16 · verse 11
And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.Deuteronomy 16:11 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 16:11 in context
9Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
10And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
11And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
13Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- maidservantʼâmâha maidservant or female slaveH519 →
- manservantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- rejoicesâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- LeviteLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
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Much of the communion between God and his people Israel was kept up, and a face of religion preserved in the nation, by the three yearly feasts, the institution of which, and the laws concerning them, we have several times met with already; and here they are repeated. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-17