John 7:2
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Now the Jews feast of tabernacles was at hand.

Exodus 23:16,17 And the feast of the harvest of the firstfruits of thy work, whatsoever thou hast sown in the field. The feast also in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in all thy corn out of the field. . . .

Leviticus 23:34-43 Say to the children of Israel: From the fifteenth day of this same seventh month, shall be kept the feast of tabernacles, seven days to the Lord. . . .

Numbers 29:12-38 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, which shall be unto you holy and venerable, you shall do no servile work, but shall celebrate a solemnity to the Lord seven days. . . .

Deuteronomy 16:13-16 Thou shalt celebrate the solemnity also of tabernacles seven days, when thou hast gathered in thy fruit of the barnfloor and of the winepress. . . .

1 Kings 8:2,65 And all Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon, on the festival day, in the month of Ethanim, the same is the seventh month. . . .

2 Chronicles 7:9,10 And he made on the eighth day a solemn assembly, because he had kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and had celebrated the solemnity seven days. . . .

Ezra 3:4 And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the holocaust every day orderly according to the commandment, the duty of the day in its day.

Nehemiah 8:14-18 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: . . .

Zechariah 14:16-19 And all they that shall be left of all nations that came against Jerusalem, shall go up from year to year, to adore the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. . . .

Context
Jesus Teaches at the Feast
1After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2Now the Jews feast of tabernacles was at hand. 3And his brethren said to, him: Pass from hence and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou dost.…
Cross References
Leviticus 23:34
Say to the children of Israel: From the fifteenth day of this same seventh month, shall be kept the feast of tabernacles, seven days to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 16:13
Thou shalt celebrate the solemnity also of tabernacles seven days, when thou hast gathered in thy fruit of the barnfloor and of the winepress.

Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. No one shall appear with his hands empty before the Lord:

Zechariah 14:16
And all they that shall be left of all nations that came against Jerusalem, shall go up from year to year, to adore the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Lexicon
However,
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Jewish
Ἰουδαίων (Ioudaiōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.

Feast
ἑορτὴ (heortē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1859: A festival, feast, periodically recurring. Of uncertain affinity; a festival.

of
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Tabernacles
σκηνοπηγία (skēnopēgia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4634: From skenos and pegnumi; the Festival of Tabernacles.

was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

near.
ἐγγὺς (engys)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1451: Near. From a primary verb agcho; near.


Additional Translations
However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

Now the feast of the Jews, that of Booths, was near.

Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.

Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.

Now the tabernacles, the feast of the Jews, was near.

Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.

Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.

But the Jewish Festival of the Tent-Pitching was approaching.

Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.

and the feast of the Jews was nigh -- that of tabernacles --
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