Leviticus 23:34–42

³⁴“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On ^athe fifteenth of this seventh month is the ^bFeast of Booths for seven days to Yahweh.

³⁵‘On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do ^ano laborious work of any kind.

³⁶‘^aFor seven days you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. On ^bthe eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh; it is a solemn assembly. You shall do no laborious work.

³⁷‘These are ^athe appointed times of Yahweh which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to bring offerings by fire near to Yahweh—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, ^beach day’s matter on its own day—

³⁸besides those of the sabbaths of Yahweh and besides your gifts and besides all your ¹votive and freewill offerings, which you give to Yahweh.

³⁹‘On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, ^awhen you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of Yahweh for seven days, with a ¹rest on the first day and a ²rest on the eighth day.

⁴⁰‘And on the first day you shall take for yourselves the ¹foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall be glad before Yahweh your God for seven days.

⁴¹‘You shall thus celebrate it as a feast to Yahweh for seven days in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

⁴²‘You shall ¹live ^ain booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall ²live in booths,