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Barnes' Notes on Deuteronomy 16:11

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Feast of Weeks; and Deuteronomy 16:13-17, Feast of Tabernacles. Nothing is here added to the rules given in Leviticus and Numbers except the clauses so often recurring in Deuteronomy and so characteristic of it, which restrict the public celebration of the festivals to the sanctuary, and enjoin that the enjoyments of them should be extended to the Levites, widows, orphans, etc. return to 'Top of Page'
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