Ya`akov traveled to Sukkot, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Sukkot.
Nehemiah 8:14 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They found written in the Torah, how that the LORD had commanded by Moshe, that the children of Yisra'el should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they found written in the law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month American Standard Version (1901) And they found written in the law, how that Jehovah had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month; Common English Bible And they found written in the Instruction that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in booths during the festival of the seventh month. Catholic Public Domain Version And they found written in the law, which the Lord had instructed by the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel should live in tabernacles on the day of solemnity in the seventh month, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they found written in the law, that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in tabernacles, on the feast, in the seventh month. |
Ya`akov traveled to Sukkot, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Sukkot.
They kept the feast of booths, as it is written, and [offered] the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
On the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' [houses] of all the people, the Kohanim, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.
*Speak to the children of Yisra'el, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to the LORD.