John 7:2

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“However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.”

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BSBPD

“However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the feast of the Jews was nigh--that of tabernacles--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 7:2 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 23:16You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
  2. Leviticus 23:34“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
  3. Numbers 29:12On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
  4. Deuteronomy 16:13You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
  5. 1 Kings 8:2And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
  6. 1 Kings 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.
  7. 2 Chronicles 7:9On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.
  8. Ezra 3:4They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
  9. Nehemiah 8:14And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month.
  10. Zechariah 14:16Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

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