³³ The Lord spoke to Moses: ³⁴ “Tell the Israelites: The Festival of Booths^[a](A) to the Lord begins on the fifteenth day of this seventh month and continues for seven days. ³⁵ There is to be a sacred assembly on the first day; you are not to do any daily work. ³⁶ You are to present a fire offering to the Lord for seven days. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a fire offering to the Lord. It is a solemn gathering;^(B) you are not to do any daily work.

³⁷ “These are the Lord’s appointed times that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting fire offerings to the Lord, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day. ³⁸ These are in addition to the offerings for the Lord’s Sabbaths, your gifts, all your vow offerings, and all your freewill offerings that you give to the Lord.

³⁹ “You are to celebrate the Lord’s festival on the fifteenth day of the seventh month for seven days after you have gathered the produce of the land. There will be complete rest on the first day and complete rest on the eighth day. ⁴⁰ On the first day you are to take the product^(C) of majestic trees—palm fronds,^(D) boughs of leafy trees,^(E) and willows of the brook^(F)—and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. ⁴¹ You are to celebrate it as a festival to the Lord seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for you throughout your generations; you must celebrate it in the seventh month. ⁴² You are to live in booths^(G) for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must live in booths, ⁴³ so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.”

Offerings for the Festival of Booths

¹² “You are to hold a sacred assembly on the fifteenth day of the seventh month;^(A) you must not do any daily work. You are to celebrate a seven-day festival for the Lord. ¹³ Present a burnt offering, a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord: 13 young bulls, two rams, and 14 male lambs a year old. They are to be unblemished. ¹⁴ Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts^[a] with each of the 13 bulls, four quarts^[b] with each of the two rams, ¹⁵ and two quarts^[c] with each of the 14 lambs. ¹⁶ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

¹⁷ “On the second day present 12 young bulls, two rams, and 14 male lambs a year old—all unblemished— ¹⁸ with their grain and drink offerings^(B) for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. ¹⁹ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink^[d] offerings.

²⁰ “On the third day present 11 bulls, two rams, 14 male lambs a year old—all unblemished— ²¹ with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. ²² Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

²³ “On the fourth day present 10 bulls, two rams, 14 male lambs a year old—all unblemished— ²⁴ with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. ²⁵ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

²⁶ “On the fifth day present nine bulls, two rams, 14 male lambs a year old—all unblemished— ²⁷ with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. ²⁸ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

²⁹ “On the sixth day present eight bulls, two rams, 14 male lambs a year old—all unblemished— ³⁰ with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. ³¹ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink^[e] offerings.

³² “On the seventh day present seven bulls, two rams, and 14 male lambs a year old—all unblemished— ³³ with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. ³⁴ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

³⁵ “On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you are not to do any daily work.^{(C) 36} Present a burnt offering, a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old—all unblemished— ³⁷ with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. ³⁸ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

Festival of Booths Observed

¹³ On the second day, the family leaders of all the people, along with the priests and Levites,^(A) assembled before Ezra the scribe^(B) to study the words of the law. ¹⁴ They found written in the law how the Lord had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should dwell in booths during the festival of the seventh month.^{(C) 15} So they proclaimed and spread this news throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, just as it is written.”^{(D) 16} The people went out, brought back branches, and made booths for themselves on each of their rooftops,^(E) and courtyards, the court of the house of God, the square by the Water Gate,^(F) and the square by the Gate of Ephraim.^{(G) 17} The whole community that had returned from exile^(H) made booths and lived in them. They had not celebrated like this from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day.^(I) And there was tremendous joy.^{(J) 18} Ezra^[a] read out of the book of the law of God^(K) every day, from the first day to the last. The Israelites celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day there was an assembly, according to the ordinance.^(L)

¹⁶ Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to celebrate the Festival of Booths.^(A)