And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
Parallel translations
- WEB The whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days, and they kept another seven days with gladness.
- BSB The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.
- NKJV Then the whole assembly agreed to keep the feast another seven days, and they kept it another seven days with gladness.
- NASB Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the feast another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy.
- NLT The entire assembly then decided to continue the festival another seven days, so they celebrated joyfully for another week.
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The whole assembly chose to extend the celebration another seven days with gladness. It matters because their joy in worship was so great they did not want it to end.
Overview
Eager to continue worshiping, the people kept a second week of festivities with the same gladness. Their willingness to prolong the feast shows hearts genuinely delighting in God. This abundant joy anticipates the everlasting feast and gladness God's redeemed people will know in Christ.
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Cross-references · 2
- 1 Kgs 8:65And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
- 2 Chr 7:9And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
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