34 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On (A)the fifteenth of this seventh month is the (B)Feast of Booths for seven days to the Lord. 35 On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do (C)no laborious work of any kind. 36 (D)For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the Lord. On (E)the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the Lord; it is an assembly. You shall do no laborious work.

37 ‘These are (F)the appointed times of the Lord which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to present offerings by fire to the Lord—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, (G)each day’s matter on its own day— 38 besides those of the sabbaths of the Lord, and besides your gifts and besides all your [a]votive and freewill offerings, which you give to the Lord.

39 ‘On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, (H)when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord for seven days, with a [b]rest on the first day and a [c]rest on the eighth day. 40 Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the [d]foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. 41 You shall thus celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 You shall [e]live (I)in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall [f]live in booths, 43 so that (J)your generations may know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’”

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  1. Leviticus 23:38 Lit vows, and besides all your
  2. Leviticus 23:39 Lit sabbath rest
  3. Leviticus 23:39 Lit sabbath rest
  4. Leviticus 23:40 Lit products, fruit
  5. Leviticus 23:42 Lit dwell
  6. Leviticus 23:42 Lit dwell

13 (A)You shall [a]celebrate the Feast of Booths seven days after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and your wine vat; 14 and you shall (B)rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the [b]orphan and the widow who are in your [c]towns. 15 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.

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:13 Lit perform
  2. Deuteronomy 16:14 Or fatherless
  3. Deuteronomy 16:14 Lit gates