Leviticus 23:34–42

³⁴“Tell the Israelites: The Festival of Booths ^ghto the Lord begins on the fifteenth day of this seventh month and continues for seven days. ³⁵There is to be a sacred assembly on the first day; you are not to do any daily work. ³⁶You are to present a fire offering to the Lord for seven days. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a fire offering to the Lord. It is a solemn gathering; ⁱyou are not to do any daily work.

³⁷“These are the Lord’s appointed times that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting fire offerings to the Lord, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day. ³⁸These are in addition to the offerings for the Lord’s Sabbaths, your gifts, all your vow offerings, and all your freewill offerings that you give to the Lord.

³⁹“You are to celebrate the Lord’s festival on the fifteenth day of the seventh month for seven days after you have gathered the produce of the land. There will be complete rest on the first day and complete rest on the eighth day. ⁴⁰On the first day you are to take the product ^jof majestic trees—palm fronds, ^kboughs of leafy trees, ^land willows of the brook ^m—and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. ⁴¹You are to celebrate it as a festival to the Lord seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for you throughout your generations; you must celebrate it in the seventh month. ⁴²You are to live in booths ⁿfor seven days. All the native-born of Israel must live in booths,