¹⁰ Moses commanded them, saying, On the feast of Booths,^(A) at the prescribed time in the year for remission^[a] which comes at the end of every seven-year period, ¹¹ when all Israel goes to appear before the Lord, your God, in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law aloud in the presence of all Israel. ¹² Assemble the people—men, women and children, as well as the resident aliens who live in your communities—that they may hear and so learn to fear the Lord, your God, and to observe carefully all the words of this law. ¹³ Their children also, who do not know it yet, shall hear and learn to fear the Lord, your God, as long as you live on the land which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.

¹⁶ You shall also keep the feast of the grain harvest with the first fruits of the crop that you sow in the field; and finally, the feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you collect your produce from the fields.

^22 (A)You shall keep the feast of Weeks with the first fruits of the wheat harvest, likewise, the feast of the Ingathering at the close of the year.^[a]

³⁴ Tell the Israelites: The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Lord’s feast of Booths,^[a](A) which shall continue for seven days. ³⁵ On the first day, a declared holy day, you shall do no heavy work. ³⁶ For seven days you shall offer an oblation to the Lord, and on the eighth day you will have a declared holy day. You shall offer an oblation to the Lord. It is the festival closing. You shall do no heavy work.

^37 [b]These, therefore, are the festivals of the Lord which you shall declare holy days, in order to offer as an oblation to the Lord burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and libations, as prescribed for each day, ³⁸ in addition to the Lord’s sabbaths, your donations, your various votive offerings, and the voluntary offerings that you present to the Lord.

³⁹ On the fifteenth day, then, of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord^[c] for a whole week. The first and the eighth day shall be days of rest. ⁴⁰ On the first day you shall gather fruit of majestic trees, branches of palms, and boughs^[d] of leafy trees and valley willows. Then for a week you shall make merry before the Lord, your God. ⁴¹ You shall keep this feast of the Lord for one whole week in the year. By perpetual statute throughout your generations in the seventh month of the year, you shall keep it. ⁴² You shall dwell in booths for seven days; every native-born Israelite shall dwell in booths, ⁴³ that your descendants may realize that, when I led the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, I made them dwell in booths. I, the Lord, am your God.

On the Feast of Booths. ^12 [a]On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you will declare a holy day:^(A) you shall do no heavy work. For the following seven days you will celebrate a pilgrimage feast to the Lord. ¹³ You will offer a burnt offering, an oblation of pleasing aroma to the Lord: thirteen bulls^[b] of the herd, two rams, and fourteen yearling lambs that are unblemished. ¹⁴ Their grain offerings will be of bran flour mixed with oil: three tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two tenths for each of the two rams, ¹⁵ and one tenth for each of the fourteen lambs. ¹⁶ One goat will be a purification offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and libation.

¹⁷ On the second day: twelve bulls of the herd, two rams, and fourteen unblemished yearling lambs, ¹⁸ with the grain offerings and libations for the bulls, rams and lambs in their prescribed number, ¹⁹ as well as one goat as a purification offering, besides the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and libation.

²⁰ On the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen unblemished yearling lambs, ²¹ with the grain offerings and libations for the bulls, rams and lambs in their prescribed number, ²² as well as one goat for a purification offering, besides the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and libation.

²³ On the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen unblemished yearling lambs, ²⁴ the grain offerings and libations for the bulls, rams and lambs in their prescribed number, ²⁵ as well as one goat as a purification offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering and libation.

²⁶ On the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen unblemished yearling lambs, ^27 (B)with the grain offerings and libations for the bulls, rams and lambs in their prescribed number, ²⁸ as well as one goat as a purification offering, besides the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and libation.

²⁹ On the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen unblemished yearling lambs, ³⁰ with the grain offerings and libations for the bulls, rams and lambs in their prescribed number, ³¹ as well as one goat as a purification offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering and libation.

³² On the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen unblemished yearling lambs, ³³ with the grain offerings and libations for the bulls, rams and lambs in their prescribed number, ³⁴ as well as one goat as a purification offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering and libation.

³⁵ On the eighth day^(C) you will hold a public assembly:^[c] you shall do no heavy work. ³⁶ You will offer a burnt offering, an oblation of pleasing aroma to the Lord: one bull, one ram, and seven unblemished yearling lambs, ³⁷ with the grain offerings and libations for the bulls, rams and lambs in their prescribed number, ³⁸ as well as one goat as a purification offering, besides the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and libation.

² All the people of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month).^[a]

⁶² The king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord. ^63 [a]Solomon offered as communion offerings to the Lord twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. Thus the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the Lord. ⁶⁴ On that day the king consecrated the middle of the court facing the house of the Lord; he offered there the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the communion offerings, because the bronze altar before the Lord was too small to hold the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the communion offering. ⁶⁵ On this occasion Solomon and all Israel with him, a great assembly from Lebo-hamath to the Wadi of Egypt, celebrated the festival before the Lord, our God, for seven days. ⁶⁶ On the eighth day he dismissed the people, who blessed the king and went to their tents, rejoicing and glad of heart because of all the blessings the Lord had given to David his servant and to his people Israel.

^4 (A)They also kept the feast of Booths in the manner prescribed, and they offered the daily burnt offerings in the proper number required for each day.

^14 (A)They found it written in the law commanded by the Lord through Moses that the Israelites should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month;