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19 This is the punishment Egypt and the enemy nations can expect if they refuse the journey to keep the Feast of Booths.

20 On that day, every aspect of the land will be ritually pure. Engraved on the bells worn by horses will be the same phrase on the high priest’s turban: “Sacred to the Eternal One.” The cooking pots used in the house of the Eternal will be as sacred as those collection bowls used at the altar. 21 In fact every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be treated as sacred to the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies, so that anyone who offers a sacrifice may borrow them and use them to boil the meat of the sacrifice. In that day, no merchant[a] will be found in the temple of the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies.

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  1. 14:21 Literally, Canaanite

19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.(A)

20 On that day holy to the Lord(B) will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots(C) in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls(D) in front of the altar. 21 Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy(E) to the Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day(F) there will no longer be a Canaanite[a](G) in the house(H) of the Lord Almighty.(I)

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  1. Zechariah 14:21 Or merchant