SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:11
Y te alegrarás delante del SEÑOR tu Dios, tú, y tu hijo, y tu hija, y tu siervo, y tu sierva, y el levita que estuviere en tus puertas, y el extranjero, y el huérfano, y la viuda, que estuvieren en tu tierra, en el lugar que el SEÑOR tu Dios escogiere para hacer habitar en él su nombre.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:11
Verse 11. Thou shalt rejoice] The offerings of the Israelites were to be eaten with festivity, communicated to their friends with liberality, and bestowed on the poor with great generosity, that they might partake with them in these repasts with joy before the Lord. To answer these views it was necessary to eat the flesh while it was fresh, as in that climate putrefaction soon took place; therefore they were commanded to let nothing remain until the morning, ver. 4. This consideration is sufficient to account for the command here, without having recourse to those moral and evangelical reasons that are assigned by the learned and devout Mr. Ainsworth for the command. How beneficent and cheerful is the design of this institution! - Harmer, vol. i., p. 396.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God , etc.] Make a liberal feast, and keep it cheerfully, in the presence of God, in the place where he resides, thankfully acknowledging all his mercies and favours: thou, and thy son, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates ; that dwelt in the same city, who were all to come with him to Jerusalem at this feast, and to partake of it with him: and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there ; who should be at Jerusalem at this time.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-17 - The laws for the three yearly feasts are here repeated; that of the Passover, that of the Pentecost, that of Tabernacles; and the genera law concerning the people's attendance. Never should a believer forge his low estate of guilt and misery, his deliverance, and the price i cost the Redeemer; that gratitude and joy in the Lord may be mingle with sorrow for sin, and patience under the tribulations in his way to the kingdom of heaven. They must rejoice in their receivings from God and in their returns of service and sacrifice to him; our duty must be our delight, as well as our enjoyment. If those who were under the la must rejoice before God, much more we that are under the grace of the gospel; which makes it our duty to rejoice evermore, to rejoice in the Lord always. When we rejoice in God ourselves, we should do what we can to assist others also to rejoice in him, by comforting the mourners and supplying those who are in want. All who make God their joy, ma rejoice in hope, for He is faithful that has promised.
Original Hebrew
ושׂמחת 8055 לפני 6440 יהוה 3068 אלהיך 430 אתה 859 ובנך 1121 ובתך 1323 ועבדך 5650 ואמתך 519 והלוי 3881 אשׁר 834 בשׁעריך 8179 והגר 1616 והיתום 3490 והאלמנה 490 אשׁר 834 בקרבך 7130 במקום 4725 אשׁר 834 יבחר 977 יהוה 3068 אלהיך 430 לשׁכן 7931 שׁמו 8034 שׁם׃ 8033
