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13 “You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths for yourselves[a] seven days at the gathering in of the produce[b] from your threshing floor and from your press; 14 and you shall rejoice at your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your slave and your slave woman and the Levite and the orphan and the widow that are in your towns.[c] 15 Seven days you shall celebrate your feast to Yahweh your God at the place Yahweh will choose, for Yahweh your God shall bless you in all of your produce[d] and in all of the work of your hand, and you shall surely be rejoicing.[e] 16 Three times in the year all of your males shall appear before [f] Yahweh your God at the place that he will choose, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before Yahweh[g] empty-handed. 17 Each person shall give as he is able,[h] that is, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God that he has given to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:13 Hebrew “for you”
  2. Deuteronomy 16:13 Literally “at your gathering of the produce
  3. Deuteronomy 16:14 Literally “gates”
  4. Deuteronomy 16:15 Or “increase”
  5. Deuteronomy 16:15 Or “joyful”
  6. Deuteronomy 16:16 Literally “with the face of”
  7. Deuteronomy 16:16 Literally “with the face of Yahweh”
  8. Deuteronomy 16:17 Literally “according to the gift of his hand”

The Festival of Shelters

13 “You must observe the Festival of Shelters[a] for seven days at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed and the grapes have been pressed. 14 This festival will be a happy time of celebrating with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows from your towns. 15 For seven days you must celebrate this festival to honor the Lord your God at the place he chooses, for it is he who blesses you with bountiful harvests and gives you success in all your work. This festival will be a time of great joy for all.

16 “Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. On each of these occasions, all men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he chooses, but they must not appear before the Lord without a gift for him. 17 All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:13 Or Festival of Booths, or Festival of Tabernacles; also in 16:16. This was earlier called the Festival of the Final Harvest or Festival of Ingathering (see Exod 23:16b). It is celebrated today as Sukkot (or Succoth).