Wait... every year, Joseph went to Jerusalem? Every year at the same time? Did EVERYONE go??
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After the construction of the temple, everyone was required to go to the temple 3 times each year: Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles.
Those that went not up were not a part of Yehova’s assembly (falsely called “the church” by some)
Obedience defines Yehova’s assembly, then and now.
Tabernacles was the time set out for Yeshua’s birth.
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