Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 23:40

40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palmtrees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoyce before the LORD your God seven dayes.

Heb. the fruit, i. e. fruit-bearing boughs or branches with the fruit on them, as the word fruit seems to be taken, 2 King. 19. 30. Ezek. 19. 12.

To wit, the olive, myrtle and pine, as they are mentioned Nehem. 8. 15, 16. which were most plentiful there, and which would best preserve their greenness or freshness.

Fit for shade and shelter.

Which might do well to mix with the other, and in some sort to bind them together. And as they made their booths of these materials, as is apparent from Nehem. 8. so it seems they did also carry some of these boughs in their hands, as is affirmed by Iewish and other antient writers.

Which joy they testified by feasting, thanksgiving, &c.

Marginal references: Heb▪ fruit.