13 (A)You shall [a]celebrate the Feast of [b]Booths for seven days when you have gathered in from your threshing floor and your wine vat; 14 and you shall (B)rejoice in your feast, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite, the stranger, the [c]orphan, and the widow who are in your [d]towns. 15 For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.

16 (C)Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths; and (D)they are not to appear before the Lord empty-handed. 17 Everyone [e]shall give as he is able, in accordance with the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:13 Lit perform
  2. Deuteronomy 16:13 Or Tabernacles
  3. Deuteronomy 16:14 Or fatherless
  4. Deuteronomy 16:14 Lit gates
  5. Deuteronomy 16:17 Lit according to the gift of his hand

The Festival of Tabernacles(A)

13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor(B) and your winepress.(C) 14 Be joyful(D) at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. 15 For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy(E) will be complete.

16 Three times a year all your men must appear(F) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(G) the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles.(H) No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed:(I) 17 Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

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