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This feast began on 15th Tishri (September/October) and lasted seven days. It celebrated the first gathering of the fruit and grain harvests and also God's provision for his people during their wilderness journey from Egypt to the promised land.

Instructions for celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles

Exodus 23:16 See also Exodus 23:14; Exodus 34:22-23; Leviticus 23:33-34,39; Numbers 29:12; Deuteronomy 16:13,14,16

People lived in booths for the duration of the Feast of Tabernacles

Leviticus 23:40,42-43

The offerings to be made on each day of the Feast of Tabernacles

Leviticus 23:37; Numbers 29:13-38

The Feast of Tabernacles was celebrated throughout Israel's history

2 Chronicles 8:12-13 under Solomon

After the return from exile:

Ezra 3:4; Nehemiah 8:17-18

In NT times:

John 7:2-3,37-38

See also

7322  burnt offering
7368  grain offering
7444  sin offering