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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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.
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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.
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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 23:36Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
- Deut 16:8Six days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God. You shall do no work.
- Neh 8:18Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
- 1 Kgs 8:65So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.
- Joel 1:14Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.
- 2 Chr 30:23The whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days, and they kept another seven days with gladness.
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