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Families dwell joyfully in leaf-covered booths around the sanctuary for seven days, represented by exactly seven small lamps, then gather for a solemn eighth-day assembly around one additional central lamp. Modest daily offering smoke rises in the distance. No permanent stone homes foreground, written count, labor, animal bodies, blood, or visible deity.
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Leviticus 23:33-36

Seven days of Booths and an eighth assembly

The Appointed Times · Leviticus 23

Story guide: Families dwell joyfully in leaf-covered booths around the sanctuary for seven days, represented by seven small lamps, then gather for a solemn eighth-day assembly around one additional central lamp.

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33And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

34Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to Yahweh.

35On the first day there shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.

36For seven days you shall present a food offering to Yahweh. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall present a food offering to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no ordinary work.

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