On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.
Parallel translations
- WEB On the eighth day, they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
- KJV And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
- NKJV And on the eighth day they held a sacred assembly, for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
- NASB And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, because they held the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days.
- NLT On the eighth day they had a closing ceremony, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the Festival of Shelters for seven days.
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On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, having kept the altar's dedication and the feast for seven days each. The celebration concluded with a sacred closing assembly.
Overview
After a week dedicating the altar and a week of festival, the people gathered for a solemn assembly on the eighth day. This extended celebration marked the fullness of joy at the temple's completion. The rhythm of dedication and feasting expresses the proper response to God's gracious dwelling among his people.
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- Lev 23:36For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
- Deut 16:8For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.
- Neh 8:18Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.
- 1 Kgs 8:65So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
- Joel 1:14Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
- 2 Chr 30:23The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.
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