Sukkot II — 9/30/23

Torah: Leviticus 23:1-4; Leviticus 23:34-44; Zechariah 14:1-11 (26)

Gospel: John 7:1-24 (24)

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Festival Readings

Torah — Leviticus 23:1-4; Leviticus 23:34-44; Zechariah 14:1-11

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Leviticus 23:1-4

23:1 Yahweh’s Feasts Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
23:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and say to them, ‘The festivals of Yahweh that you shall proclaim are holy assemblies; these are my appointed times.
23:3 Yahweh’s Sabbath “‘For six days work is to be done, and on the seventh day shall be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly; you shall not do any work; it shall be a Sabbath for Yahweh in all your dwellings.
23:4 The Passover “‘These are Yahweh’s appointed times, holy assemblies, which you shall proclaim at their appointed time.
23:34 “Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, this shall be the Feast of Booths for seven days for Yahweh.
23:35 On the first day there shall be a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work.
23:36 For seven days you must present an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day it shall be a holy assembly for you, and you shall present an offering made by fire to Yahweh; it is a celebration; you must not do any regular work.
23:37 Summary “‘These are Yahweh’s festivals, which you must proclaim, holy assemblies to present an offering made by fire to Yahweh—burnt offering and grain offering, sacrifice and libations, each on its proper day—
23:38 besides Yahweh’s Sabbaths and besides your gifts and besides your vows and besides all your freewill offerings that you give to Yahweh.
23:39 “‘Surely on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, at your gathering the land’s produce, you shall hold Yahweh’s festival for seven days; on the first day there shall be a rest period and on the eighth day a rest period.
23:40 And on the first day you shall take for yourselves the first fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees and branches of a leafy tree and of a brook’s poplar trees, and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God for seven days.
23:41 And you must hold it as a festival for Yahweh for seven days in the year; it shall be a lasting statute throughout your generations; in the seventh month you must hold it.
23:42 You must live in the booths for seven days; all the natives in Israel must live in the booths,
23:43 so that your generations shall know that I made the Israelites live in booths when I brought them from the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.’”
23:44 Thus Moses announced to the Israelites Yahweh’s appointed times.

Leviticus 23:34-44

14:1 Zechariah’s Apocalyptic Vision Look! A day is coming for Yahweh, when your plunder will be divided in your midst.
14:2 I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, and they will loot the houses, and the women will be raped; half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city.
14:3 Then Yahweh will go forth and fight against those nations, like when he fights on a day of battle.
14:4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in half, from east to west, by a very great valley; and half of the mountain will withdraw toward the north, and the other half toward the south.
14:5 And you will flee by the valley of my mountains, because the valley of the mountains will reach to Azal, and you will flee like you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. And Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
14:6 And then on that day there will not be light, the precious things will congeal.
14:7 There shall be continuous day—it is known to Yahweh—not day and not night; and at evening time there will be light.
14:8 And then on that day, living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea, and the other half to the western sea; it will happen both in the summer and in the winter.
14:9 And Yahweh will be king over all the earth; on that day Yahweh will be one and his name one.
14:10 All the land will be transformed into a desert plateau from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But it will rise up high and it will stay in its place from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, up to the Corner Gate and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.
14:11 And they will dwell in it, and there will be no more ban imposed, and Jerusalem will dwell in security.

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Gospel — John 7:1-24

LEB translation

John 7:1-24

7:1 Jesus’ Brothers Do Not Believe in Him And after these things Jesus was going about in Galilee. For he did not want to go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
7:2 Now the feast of the Jews—the feast of Tabernacles—was near.
7:3 So his brothers said to him, “Depart from here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also can see your works that you are doing.
7:4 For no one does anything in secret and yet he himself desires to be publicly recognized. If you are doing these things, reveal yourself to the world!”
7:5 (For not even his brothers believed in him.)
7:6 Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles So Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
7:7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it, that its deeds are evil.
7:8 You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, because my time is not yet completed.
7:9 And when he had said these things, he remained in Galilee.
7:10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but (as it were) in secret.
7:11 So the Jews were looking for him at the feast, and were saying, “Where is he?”
7:12 And there was a lot of grumbling concerning him among the crowds; some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others were saying, “No, but he deceives the crowd.”
7:13 However, no one was speaking openly about him for fear of the Jews.
7:14 Now when the feast was already half over, Jesus went to the temple courts and began to teach.
7:15 Then the Jews were astonished, saying, “How does this man possess knowledge, because he has not been taught?”
7:16 So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not mine, but is from the one who sent me.
7:17 If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself.
7:18 The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him—this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
7:19 Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you carries out the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
7:20 The crowd replied, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?”
7:21 Jesus answered and said to them, “I performed one work, and you are all astonished.
7:22 Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
7:23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses would not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well on the Sabbath?
7:24 Do not judge according to outward appearance, but judge according to righteous judgment!”

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