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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.

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