Deuteronomy 16:15

For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, commanding them to observe the pilgrimage feast before they cross the Jordan.

The words — The text specifies שִׁבְעַת יָמִים (shiv'at yamim, "seven days") and תָּחֹג (taḥōg, "you will celebrate a festival") to Yahweh in the place He will choose (יִבְחַר, yivḥar).

The thread — The seven-day observance aligns with Leviticus 23:36’s command for a seven-day food offering and an eighth-day sacred assembly, while the blessing on "all your produce" parallels Deuteronomy 7:13’s promise of multiplied land yield. The requirement to bring offerings before appearing empty-handed connects to Deuteronomy 16:16’s three annual pilgrimage mandates.

Why it lands — The text commands complete joy in God’s chosen place as the direct result of His blessing on agricultural labor and manual work. Readers must recognize that communal worship and material provision are tied to obedience to God’s commandments.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

Cross-references

Leviticus 23:36 For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Deuteronomy 30:16 For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
Deuteronomy 16:10 And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,
Deuteronomy 28:8 The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
Numbers 29:12 On 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.