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The Feast of Booths

33 Again Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 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 Yahweh. 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 bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. On (E)the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh; it is a solemn assembly. You shall do no laborious work.

37 ‘These are (F)the appointed times of Yahweh which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to bring offerings by fire near to Yahweh—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 Yahweh and besides your gifts and besides all your [a]votive and freewill offerings, which you give to Yahweh.

39 ‘On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, (H)when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of Yahweh for seven days, with a [b]rest on the first day and a [c]rest on the eighth day. 40 And 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 be glad before Yahweh your God for seven days. 41 You shall thus celebrate it as a feast to Yahweh 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 Yahweh your God.’” 44 So Moses spoke to the sons of Israel (K)the appointed times of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  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

The Feast of Tabernacles(A)

33 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 34 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: (B)‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord. 35 On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it. 36 For seven days you shall offer an (C)offering made by fire to the Lord. (D)On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a (E)sacred[a] assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it.

37 (F)‘These are the feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day— 38 (G)besides the Sabbaths of the Lord, besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to the Lord.

39 ‘Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have (H)gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the Lord for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest. 40 And (I)you shall take for yourselves on the first day the [b]fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; (J)and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. 41 (K)You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 (L)You shall dwell in [c]booths for seven days. (M)All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, 43 (N)that your generations may (O)know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when (P)I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.’ ”

44 So Moses (Q)declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:36 solemn
  2. Leviticus 23:40 foliage
  3. Leviticus 23:42 tabernacles; shelters made of boughs