So they proclaimedand circulateda proclamationin alltheir citiesand in Jerusalem,saying,"Goout to the hills,and bringolivebranchesand wildolivebranches,myrtlebranches,palmbranchesand branchesof [other] leafytrees,to makebooths,as it is written."
The dovecameto him toward evening,and behold,in her beakwas a freshlypickedoliveleaf.So Noahknewthat the waterwas abatedfrom the earth.
Theseare the appointedtimesof the LORD,holyconvocationswhichyou shall proclaimat the timesappointedfor them.
Now on the firstdayyou shall takefor yourselves the foliageof beautifultrees,palmbranchesand boughsof leafytreesand willowsof the brook,and you shall rejoicebeforethe LORDyour Godfor sevendays.
I sawat night,and behold,a manwas ridingon a redhorse,and he was standingamongthe myrtletreeswhichwere in the ravine,with red,sorreland whitehorsesbehindhim.
Whenthey had approachedJerusalemand had cometo Bethphage,at the Mountof Olives,thenJesussenttwodisciples,
tookthe branchesof the palm treesand wentout to meetHim, and [began] to shout,"Hosanna!BLESSEDIS HE WHO COMESIN THE NAMEOF THE LORD,eventhe Kingof Israel."
"Threetimesin a yearallyour malesshall appearbeforethe LORDyour Godin the placewhichHe chooses,at the Feastof UnleavenedBreadand at the Feastof Weeksand at the Feastof Booths,and they shall not appearbeforethe LORDempty-handed.
Afterthese thingsI looked,and behold,a greatmultitudewhichno onecouldcount,from everynationand [all] tribesand peoplesand tongues,standingbeforethe throneand beforethe Lamb,clothedin whiterobes,and palm branches[were] in their hands;