Leviticus 23:33-44

New International Version

The Festival of Tabernacles^(A)

³³The Lord said to Moses, ³⁴“Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh^(B) month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles^(C) begins, and it lasts for seven days. ³⁵The first day is a sacred assembly;^(D) do no regular work.^(E) ³⁶For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly^(F) and present a food offering to the Lord.^(G) It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

³⁷(“‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the Lord—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings^(H) required for each day. ³⁸These offerings^(I) are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths^(J) and^[a] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings^(K) you give to the Lord.)

³⁹“‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival^(L) to the Lord for seven days;^(M) the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest. ⁴⁰On the first day you are to take branches^(N) from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees^(O)—and rejoice^(P) before the Lord your God for seven days. ⁴¹Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. ⁴²Live in temporary shelters^(Q) for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters ⁴³so your descendants will know^(R) that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’”