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The Festival of Harvest and the Festival of Shelters “Count off seven weeks, from when you first begin to cut the grain, at the time of harvest.  Then celebrate the Festival of Harvest, to honor the Lord your God.  Bring Him a voluntary offering, in proportion to the blessings, that you have received from Him.  This is a time to celebrate, before the Lord your God, at the designated place of worship, that He will choose, for His name to be honored.  Celebrate with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows, who live among you.  Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, so be careful to obey all these decrees.  “Then, you must observe the Festival of Shelters, for seven days, at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed …and the grapes have been pressed.  This festival will be a happy time, of celebrating with your sons and daughters, your male an...

Offerings for the First through the Fourth Days of the Festival of Shelters “Five days  (after the Day of Atonement) , on the fifteenth day of the same month  (as the Festival of Trumpets) , you must call another holy assembly, of all the people, and you may do no ordinary work on that day.  It is the beginning of the Festival of Shelters, a seven-day festival to the Lord.  On the first day of the festival, you must present a burnt offering, as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.  It will consist of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen, one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.  Each, of these offerings, must be accompanied by a grain offering, of choice flour, moistened with olive oil—six quarts for each of the thirteen bulls, four quarts for each of the two rams, and two quarts for each of the fourteen lambs.  You must also sacrifice a male goat, as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering, with its accompanying...

​ The Festival of Shelters The Lord said to Moses,  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.  Begin celebrating the Festival of Shelters on the fifteenth day of the appointed month—five days after the Day of Atonement.  This festival to the Lord will last for seven days.  On the first day of the festival, you must proclaim an official day for holy assembly, when you do no ordinary work.  For seven days, you must present special gifts to the Lord.  The eighth day is another holy day on which you present your special gifts to the Lord.  This will be a solemn occasion, and no ordinary work may be done that day.  (“These are the Lord’s appointed festivals.  Celebrate them each year, as official days for holy assembly, by presenting special gifts to the Lord—burnt offerings, grain offerings, sacrifices, and liquid offerings—each, on its proper day.  These festivals must be observed, in addition to the Lord’s regular Sabbath d...