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162:4.1 The [[presence]] of people from all of the known world, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India], made the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot feast of tabernacles] an [[ideal]] occasion for [[Jesus]] for the first time [[publicly]] to [[proclaim]] his full [[gospel]] in [[Jerusalem]]. At this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot#Origin_and_ancient_observance feast] the people lived much in the open air, in leafy booths. It was the feast of the [[harvest]] ingathering, and coming, as it did, in the cool of the [[autumn]] months, it was more generally attended by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] of the world than was the [[Passover]] at the end of the [[winter]] or [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=177&letter=P&search=Pentecost Pentecost] at the beginning of [[summer]]. [[The apostles]] at last beheld their Master making the [[bold]] [[announcement]] of his [[mission]] on [[earth]] before all the world, as it were.

162:4.1 The [[presence]] of people from all of the known world, from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India], made the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot feast of tabernacles] an [[ideal]] occasion for [[Jesus]] for the first time [[publicly]] to [[proclaim]] his full [[gospel]] in [[Jerusalem]]. At this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot#Origin_and_ancient_observance feast] the people lived much in the open air, in leafy booths. It was the feast of the [[harvest]] ingathering, and coming, as it did, in the cool of the [[autumn]] months, it was more generally attended by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] of the world than was the [[Passover]] at the end of the [[winter]] or [https://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=177&letter=P&search=Pentecost Pentecost] at the beginning of [[summer]]. [[The apostles]] at last beheld their Master making the [[bold]] [[announcement]] of his [[mission]] on [[earth]] before all the world, as it were.

162:4.2 This was the feast of feasts, since any [[sacrifice]] not made at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_festivals other festivals] could be made at this [[time]]. This was the occasion of the [[reception]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] offerings; it was a combination of [[vacation]] [[pleasures]] with the [[solemn]] [[rites]] of religious [[worship]]. Here was a time of [[racial]] rejoicing, mingled with [[sacrifices]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah#Ritual_use Levitical chants], and the [[solemn]] blasts of the silvery trumpets of the [[priests]]. At night the impressive [[spectacle]] of the [[temple]] and its [[pilgrim]] throngs was brilliantly [[illuminated]] by the great candelabras which burned brightly in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Women court of the women] as well as by the glare of scores of torches standing about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#Life_in_and_around_the_temple temple courts]. The entire [[city]] was gaily decorated except the [[Roman]] [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12404a.htm castle of Antonia], which looked down in grim [[contrast]] upon this festive and [[worshipful]] scene. And how the [[Jews]] did [[hate]] this ever-present reminder of the [[Roman]] [[yoke]]!

162:4.2 This was the feast of feasts, since any [[sacrifice]] not made at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_festivals other festivals] could be made at this [[time]]. This was the occasion of the [[reception]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] offerings; it was a combination of [[vacation]] [[pleasures]] with the [[solemn]] [[rites]] of religious [[worship]]. Here was a time of [[racial]] rejoicing, mingled with [[sacrifices]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah#Ritual_use Levitical chants], and the [[solemn]] blasts of the silvery trumpets of the [[priests]]. At night the impressive [[spectacle]] of the [[temple]] and its [[pilgrim]] throngs was brilliantly [[illuminated]] by the great candelabras which burned brightly in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Women court of the women] as well as by the glare of scores of torches standing about the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#Life_in_and_around_the_temple temple courts]. The entire [[city]] was gaily decorated except the [[Roman]] [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12404a.htm castle of Antonia], which looked down in grim [[contrast]] upon this festive and [[worshipful]] scene. And how the [[Jews]] did [[hate]] this ever-present reminder of the [[Roman]] [[yoke]]!

162:4.3 Seventy bullocks were [[sacrificed]] during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot the feast], the [[symbol]] of the seventy [[nations]] of [[heathen]]dom. The [[ceremony]] of the outpouring of the [[water]] symbolized the outpouring of the [[divine]] [[spirit]]. This [[ceremony]] of the [[water]] followed the [[sunrise]] [[procession]] of the [[priests]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levites Levites]. The [[worshipers]] passed down the steps leading from the court of Israel to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Women court of the women] while successive blasts were blown upon the silvery trumpets. And then the [[faithful]] marched on toward the [[beautiful]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#Inside_the_Soreg gate], which opened upon the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Gentiles court of the gentiles]. Here they turned about to face westward, to repeat their [[chants]], and to continue their march for the [[symbolic]] [[water]].

162:4.3 Seventy bullocks were [[sacrificed]] during [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot the feast], the [[symbol]] of the seventy [[nations]] of [[heathen]]dom. The [[ceremony]] of the outpouring of the [[water]] symbolized the outpouring of the [[divine]] [[spirit]]. This [[ceremony]] of the [[water]] followed the [[sunrise]] [[procession]] of the [[priests]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levites Levites]. The [[worshipers]] passed down the steps leading from the court of Israel to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Women court of the women] while successive blasts were blown upon the silvery trumpets. And then the [[faithful]] marched on toward the [[beautiful]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#Inside_the_Soreg gate], which opened upon the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Gentiles court of the gentiles]. Here they turned about to face westward, to repeat their [[chants]], and to continue their march for the [[symbolic]] [[water]].

162:4.4 On the last day of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot the feast] almost four hundred and fifty [[priests]] with a corresponding number of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levites Levites] officiated. At daybreak the [[pilgrims]] assembled from all parts of the [[city]], each carrying in the right hand a sheaf of myrtle, willow, and palm branches, while in the left hand each one carried a branch of the paradise apple—the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron citron], or the " forbidden fruit. " These [[pilgrims]] divided into [[three]] [[groups]] for this early morning [[ceremony]]. One band remained at the [[temple]] to attend the morning [[sacrifices]]; another group marched down below [[Jerusalem]] to near Maza to cut the willow branches for the adornment of the [[sacrificial]] [[altar]], while the third group formed a [[procession]] to march from the [[temple]] behind the water [[priest]], who, to the sound of the silvery trumpets, bore the golden pitcher which was to contain the [[symbolic]] [[water]], out through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophel Ophel] to near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siloam Siloam], where was located the fountain gate. After the golden pitcher had been filled at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Siloam pool of Siloam], the [[procession]] marched back to the [[temple]], entering by way of the water gate and going directly to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Priests court of the priests], where the [[priest]] bearing the [[water]] pitcher was joined by the [[priest]] bearing the wine for the drink offering. These two [[priests]] then repaired to the silver funnels leading to the base of the [[altar]] and poured the contents of the pitchers therein. The [[execution]] of this rite of pouring the wine and the water was the [[signal]] for the assembled [[pilgrims]] to begin the [[chanting]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_113 Psalms from 113] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_118 118] inclusive, in alternation with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levites Levites]. And as they [[repeated]] these lines, they would wave their sheaves at the [[altar]]. Then followed the [[sacrifices]] for the day, [[associated]] with the [[repeating]] of the Psalm for the day, the Psalm for the last day of the feast being the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_82 eighty-second], beginning with the fifth verse.

162:4.4 On the last day of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot the feast] almost four hundred and fifty [[priests]] with a corresponding number of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levites Levites] officiated. At daybreak the [[pilgrims]] assembled from all parts of the [[city]], each carrying in the right hand a sheaf of myrtle, willow, and palm branches, while in the left hand each one carried a branch of the paradise apple—the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron citron], or the " forbidden fruit. " These [[pilgrims]] divided into [[three]] [[groups]] for this early morning [[ceremony]]. One band remained at the [[temple]] to attend the morning [[sacrifices]]; another group marched down below [[Jerusalem]] to near Maza to cut the willow branches for the adornment of the [[sacrificial]] [[altar]], while the third group formed a [[procession]] to march from the [[temple]] behind the water [[priest]], who, to the sound of the silvery trumpets, bore the golden pitcher which was to contain the [[symbolic]] [[water]], out through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophel Ophel] to near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siloam Siloam], where was located the fountain gate. After the golden pitcher had been filled at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Siloam pool of Siloam], the [[procession]] marched back to the [[temple]], entering by way of the water gate and going directly to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Priests court of the priests], where the [[priest]] bearing the [[water]] pitcher was joined by the [[priest]] bearing the wine for the drink offering. These two [[priests]] then repaired to the silver funnels leading to the base of the [[altar]] and poured the contents of the pitchers therein. The [[execution]] of this rite of pouring the wine and the water was the [[signal]] for the assembled [[pilgrims]] to begin the [[chanting]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_113 Psalms from 113] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_118 118] inclusive, in alternation with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levites Levites]. And as they [[repeated]] these lines, they would wave their sheaves at the [[altar]]. Then followed the [[sacrifices]] for the day, [[associated]] with the [[repeating]] of the Psalm for the day, the Psalm for the last day of the feast being the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_82 eighty-second], beginning with the fifth verse.

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