The Festival of Shelters^(A)

^33-34 (B)The Festival of Shelters begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and continues for seven days. ³⁵ On the first of these days come together for worship and do none of your daily work. ³⁶ Each day for seven days you shall present a food offering. On the eighth day come together again for worship and present a food offering. It is a day for worship, and you shall do no work.

³⁹ When you have harvested your fields, celebrate this festival for seven days, beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. The first day shall be a special day of rest. ⁴⁰ On that day take some of the best fruit from your trees, take palm branches and limbs from leafy trees, and begin a religious festival to honor the Lord your God. ⁴¹ Celebrate it for seven days. This regulation is to be kept by your descendants for all time to come. ⁴² All the people of Israel shall live in shelters for seven days, ⁴³ so that your descendants may know that the Lord made the people of Israel live in simple shelters when he led them out of Egypt. He is the Lord your God.

The Festival of Shelters^(A)

^13 (B)“After you have threshed all your grain and pressed all your grapes, celebrate the Festival of Shelters for seven days. ¹⁴ Enjoy it with your children, your servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. ¹⁵ Honor the Lord your God by celebrating this festival for seven days at the one place of worship. Be joyful, because the Lord has blessed your harvest and your work.