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Leviticus 23:33–43

The Feast of Booths

33 Thenh Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 34 “Speak to the Israelites,i saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, this shall be the Feast of Booths for seven days for Yahweh. 35 On the first day there shall be a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work.j 36 For seven days you must present an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day it shall be a holy assembly for you, and you shall present an offering made by fire to Yahweh; it is a celebration; you must not do any regular work.k

Summary

37 “ ‘These are Yahweh’s festivals, which you must proclaim, holy assemblies to present an offering made by fire to Yahweh—burnt offering and grain offering, sacrifice and libations, each on its proper dayl38 besidesm Yahweh’s Sabbaths and besidesn your gifts and besideso your vows and besidesp all your freewill offerings that you give to Yahweh.

39 “ ‘Surely on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, at your gathering the land’s produce, you shall hold Yahweh’s festival for seven days; on the first day there shall be a rest period and on the eighth day a rest period. 40 And on the first day you shall take for yourselves the first fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees and branchesq of a leafy tree and of a brook’s poplar trees, and you shall rejoice beforer Yahweh your God for seven days. 41 And you must hold it as a festival for Yahweh for seven days in the year; it shall be a lasting statutes throughout your generations; in the seventh month you must hold it. 42 You must live in the booths for seven days; all the natives in Israel must live in the booths, 43 so that your generations shall know that I made the Israelitest live in booths when I brought them from the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.’ ”

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