Bible Strands
Leviticus 23:43
so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the Israelites through Moses during the Feast of Booths instructions, defining the ritual's purpose before Moses formally announces the appointed feasts.
The words — The phrase לְמַעַן יֵדְעוּ (le.ma.'An ye.de.'U) literally means "so that they may know," directly linking the physical act of dwelling to future remembrance.
The thread — This theme of preserving divine acts across generations connects to the seven-year covenant gathering in Deuteronomy 31:10, the parental instruction regarding the Exodus in Exodus 13:14, and the established testimony in Psalms 78:5.
Why it lands — It requires readers to treat ritual observance as a deliberate mechanism for transmitting historical fact to descendants, ensuring the community's identity remains anchored in recorded divine action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 31:10 Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,
- Exodus 13:14 In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Psalms 78:5 For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,