GOODLY TREES

(peri`ets hadhar, "the fruit (the King James Version "boughs") of goodly (= beautiful or noble) trees"): One of the four species of plants used in the Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:40). In the Talmud (Cukkdh 35a) this is explained to be the citron (Citrus medica) known in Hebrew as 'ethrogh. This tradition is ancient, at least as old as the Maccabees. Josephus (Ant., XIII, xiii, 5) records that Alexander Janneus, while serving at the altar during this feast, was pelted by the infuriated Jews with citrons. This fruit also figures on coins of this period. It is probable that the citron tree (Malum Persica) was imported from Babylon by Jews returning from the captivity. A citron is now carried in the synagogue by every orthodox Jew in one hand, and the lalabh (of myrtle, willow, and palm branch) in the other, on each day of the Feast of Tabernacles.

Originally the "goodly trees" had a much more generic sense, and the term is so interpreted by the Septuagint and Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.)

See FEASTS AND FASTS; BOOTH.

E. W. G. Masterman

How Each one Ought to Prepare Himself for the Future Resurrection.
... But come, let us consider what follows. "And ye shall take you," He says, "on the
first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and the boughs ...
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"He Ordained Twelve"
... centuries the Hebrew people had left their homes for one week every year, and had
dwelt in booths formed from the green branches "of goodly trees, branches of ...
/.../white/the desire of ages/chapter 30 he ordained twelve.htm

The Mind Clearer when Cleansed from Sin; the Ornaments of the Mind ...
... "And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of
palm-trees." [2771] This signifies the exercise of divine discipline, by which ...
/.../chapter iv the mind clearer when.htm

Chastity the Chief Ornament of the True Tabernacle; Seven
... And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of
palm-trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows [2756] of the brook; and ...
/.../chapter i chastity the chief ornament.htm

The Consecration of Joy
... And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of
palm-trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye ...
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In the Last, the Great Day of the Feast'
... The fruit (AV boughs') of the goodly trees,' mentioned in the same verse of Scripture,
was supposed to be the Ethrog, the so-called Paradise-apple (according ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter vii in the last.htm

The Good Man's Life and Death
... But why wilt thou cut down the cedars, why wilt thou fell the goodly trees
of Lebanon? O Death, why dost thou not spare the church? ...
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A Discourse of the Building, Nature, Excellency, and Government of ...
... Here are perfumes most pleasant to the sense, Here grows the goodly trees of
frankincense; Her arbours, walks, fountains, and pleasant springs, Delightful ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse of the building.htm

The Parables
... Jotham's trees seeking a king, are as incredible as Aesop's fox leaping for grapes ...
sacrifices are made, that the merchant sells all to buy one goodly pearl; an ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 4 12 13-oct the parables.htm

The Image of Self.
... And here is a goodly picture; of whom is it? ... There is another! David defeating the
Philistines in the battle under the mulberry trees. There is one more! ...
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