Deuteronomy 16:14

You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates.

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WEBBE

You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates.

BSB

And you shall rejoice in your feast— you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

KJV

And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

ASV

and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

BBE

You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.

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וְשָׂמַחְתָּ ve·sa·mach·ta and you will rejoice H8055 בְּחַגֶּךָ be·cha·ge·kha at festival your H2282 אַתָּה 'a·tah you H859 וּבִנְךָ u·vin·kha and son your H1121 וּבִתֶּךָ u·vi·te·kha and daughter your H1323 וְעַבְדְּךָ ve·'av·de·kha and [male] servant your H5650 וַאֲמָתֶךָ va·'a·ma·te·kha and female servant your H519 וְהַלֵּוִי ve·ha·le·vi and the Levite H3881 וְהַגֵּר ve·ha·ger and the sojourner H1616 וְהַיָּתוֹם ve·hai·ya·tom and the fatherless one H3490 וְהָאַלְמָנָה ve·ha·'al·ma·nah and the widow H490 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher who H834 בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ bish·'a·rei·kha [are] in gates your H8179

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–17

The laws for the three yearly feasts are here repeated; that of the Passover, that of the Pentecost, that of Tabernacles; and the general law concerning the people's attendance. Never should a believer forget his low estate of guilt and misery, his deliverance, and the price it cost the Redeemer; that gratitude and joy in the Lord may be mingled with sorrow for sin, and patience under the tribulations in his way to the kingdom of heaven. They must rejoice in their receivings from God, and in their returns of service and sacrifice to him; our duty must be our delight, as well as our enjoyment. If those who were under the law must rejoice before God, much more we that are under the grace of the gospel; which makes it our duty to rejoice evermore, to rejoice in the Lord always. When we rejoice in God ourselves, we should do what we can to assist others also to rejoice in him, by comforting the mourners, and supplying those who are in want. All who make God their joy, may rejoice in hope, for He is faithful that has promised.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.