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12 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and diligently observe these statutes.

The Festival of Booths Reviewed

13 You shall keep the festival of booths[a] for seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing-floor and your wine press. 14 Rejoice during your festival, you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, as well as the Levites, the strangers, the orphans, and the widows resident in your towns.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:13 Or tabernacles; Heb succoth

12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt,(A) and follow carefully these decrees.

The Festival of Tabernacles(B)

13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor(C) and your winepress.(D) 14 Be joyful(E) at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.

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