The Lord said to Moses, ³⁴ “Say to the Israelites, ‘On the 15th day of the seventh month the Lord’s Feast of Booths begins. It lasts for seven days. ³⁵ On the first day you must come together for a special service. Do not do any regular work on that day. On each of the seven days bring a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day come together for a special service. Bring a food offering to the LORD. That special service is the closing service. Do not do any regular work on that day. 36 On each of the seven days, bring a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day come together for a special service. Bring a food offering to the LORD. That special service is the closing service. Do not do any regular work on that day.

The Feast of Tabernacles begins exactly six months after the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The Spring holy day of Unleavened bread remembers the day Israel left Egypt. The Feast of Tabernacles remembers the journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. Jewish men would bring the firstfruits of the fall harvest to Jerusalem.