Leviticus 23:33-43

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The Feast of Huts^[a]

³³ The Lord said to Moses, ³⁴ ‘Tell Israel's people that the Feast of Huts will start on the 15th day of the seventh month. The feast will continue for seven days, as people worship the Lord. ³⁵ The first day is a special day. The people must not do any work. ³⁶ For seven days each person must give a gift to the Lord. The eighth day is holy. The people must come together and they must give a burnt offering to the Lord. This is the last day of the feast. The people must not do any work on that day.

³⁷ These are the rules for the special days of the Lord. You must tell people that they must bring offerings to the Lord on these days. They will bring gifts for burnt offerings each day. They must bring offerings of grain, animals and wine. ³⁸ These are not the usual Sabbath gifts to the Lord. They are not gifts to give thanks or for promises to the Lord. But they are extra gifts for special days.

³⁹ When the people have picked the grain, they can enjoy seven feast days to the Lord. The special days will begin on the 15th day of the seventh month. On the first day and on the eighth day they can rest. ⁴⁰ On the first day, they must take fruit and leaves from the trees. Then for seven days they must praise the Lord. ⁴¹ They must do this to worship the Lord for seven days of each year. They must obey this rule in the seventh month now, and for all the years to come. ⁴² All Israel's people must live in huts for seven days. ⁴³ Your descendants in the future will know that God brought Israel's people out of Egypt. They will know that he caused them to live in huts as they travelled through the wilderness. I am the Lord, your God.’