rest from labor (Exod. 34:21). Also it was a time of feasting (Exod. 23:16). The second of these feasts was sometimes called The Feast of Ingathering, being held after all the grain, fruit, wine, and oil had been gathered in. It, too, was a time of thanksgiving and joy over the harvest. It was also called the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:39–43), because they dwelt in booths to remind them of the wilderness days of the past.’