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Feast of Tabernacles
Feast of Tabernacles.
References to the Feast of Tabernacles in the OT include (Ex 23:16; 34:22, Lev
23:33-36; 39-43; Num 29:12-32; Deut 16:13-16; Ezra 3:4); and (Zech
14:16,18-19).
This festival was observed on the 15th day of the seventh month to commemorate
the wandering of
Israel in the wilderness. Features of the celebration included a holy convocation on
the first and eighth days, and the offering of many animal sacrifices.
The Israelites were also commanded to live in booths made of palm and willow
trees during the festival to commemorate their period of wilderness wandering
when they lived in temporary shelters. This feast is also known as the Feast of
Booths.