Leviticus 23:33–43

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Leviticus 23:33–43 is the biblical passage that outlines the commandments, rituals, and significance of the festival of Sukkot in the Hebrew Bible.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible passage
Old Testament passage
Torah passage
additionalDay eighth day assembly
addressedTo Israelites
bindingOn native-born Israelites
book Book of Leviticus
surface form: Leviticus
chapter 23
commandedBy YHWH
commandType festival observance
perpetual statute
commemorationOf Israelites dwelling in booths in the wilderness
designatesDayAs holy convocation
endDateHebrewCalendar 21st day of the seventh month
festivalDurationDays 7
festivalName Sukkot
surface form: Feast of Booths

Sukkot
surface form: Feast of Tabernacles
genre cultic legislation
historicalReference Exodus from Egypt
language Biblical Hebrew
liturgicalUse read in Jewish festival services
locatedInText Priestly code
mediatedThrough Moses
mentionsDate 15th day of the seventh month
eighth day
mentionsFestival Sukkot
mentionsObject boughs of leafy trees
branches of palm trees
fruit of splendid trees
willows of the brook
observanceFrequency annual
partOf Book of Leviticus
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Leviticus 23
Torah
surface form: Pentateuch
primaryTopic Sukkot
surface form: Feast of Booths

Sukkot
surface form: Feast of Tabernacles

Festival of Sukkot
prohibits ordinary work
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
requires dwelling in booths
offering by fire
rejoicing before YHWH
sacrificial offerings
taking tree branches
scriptureType legal text
selfDesignation appointed feasts of YHWH
startDateHebrewCalendar 15th day of the seventh month
statusInHalakha primary biblical source for Sukkot laws
theologicalPurpose to remind Israel that YHWH made them dwell in booths
verses 33–43

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Sukkot biblicalSource Leviticus 23:33–43