Deuteronomy 16:13-17

International Standard Version

Celebrate the Festival of Tents

¹³ “Celebrate the Festival of Tents^[a] for seven days after you harvest from your threshing floor and your wine press. ¹⁴ Rejoice in your festival—you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi, and foreigners, orphans, and widows, who live in your cities.^{[b] 15} For seven days you are to celebrate in the presence of the Lord your God at the place where the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in everything you do, and your joy will be complete.

¹⁶ “Every male must appear in the presence of the Lord your God three times a year at the place where he will choose: for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Seven Weeks, and the Festival of Tents.^[c] He must not appear in the Lord’s presence empty-handed, ¹⁷ but each one must appear^[d] with his own gift, proportional to the blessing that the Lord your God has given you.”