Festival of Tents

³³ The Lord spoke to Moses, ³⁴ “Tell the Israelis that starting the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the week-long Festival of Tents to the Lord. ³⁵ On the first day, you are to hold a sacred assembly, when you are not to do any servile work. ³⁶ For seven days, bring offerings made by fire to the Lord. The eighth day is also to be a sacred assembly for you. Bring offerings made by fire to the Lord. It’s a sacred assembly. You are not to do any servile work.

³⁷ “These are the Lord’s appointed festivals that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies. Bring offerings made by fire to the Lord—a whole burnt offering, a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings. Do this every day on its assigned date ³⁸ in addition to the Lord’s Sabbath—regarding your gifts, your offerings in fulfillment of vows, and your freely given offerings that you will bring to the Lord.

³⁹ “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you’ve harvested the produce of the land, you are to observe the festival of the Lord for seven days. The first day is to be a Sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is to be a Sabbath rest.

⁴⁰ “On the first day, take branches from impressive fruit trees,^[a] branches from palm trees, boughs from thick trees, and poplars from the brooks. Then you are to rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God for seven days. ⁴¹ Observe it as a pilgrimage festival in the presence of the Lord for seven days of the year. This is to be an eternal ordinance throughout your generations. Observe the festival during the seventh month. ⁴² You are to live in tents for seven days. Every native born of Israel is to live in tents ⁴³ in order for your future^[b] generations to know that the Israelis lived in tents when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”

⁴⁴ This is what Moses spoke about to the Israelis regarding the Lord’s appointed festivals.