Deuteronomy 16:11-13
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
11 Rejoice before the Lord your God—you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, the Levites resident in your towns, as well as the strangers, the orphans, and the widows who are among you—at the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. 12 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and diligently observe these statutes.
The Festival of Booths Reviewed
13 You shall keep the festival of booths[a] for seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your wine press.
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- Deuteronomy 16:13 Or tabernacles; Heb succoth
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