1. Lévitique 23:34 (NEG79)
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What is significant about the Feast of Booths?

Lévitique 23:34 (NEG79)

34 Parle aux enfants d'Israël, et dis: Le quinzième jour de ce septième mois, ce sera la fête des tabernacles en l'honneur de l'Eternel, pendant sept jours.

This feast commemorates Israel's journey through the wilderness and how God had abundantly provided for them on their way (see Leviticus 23:43). The Hebrew term booths (sǔkkāh) is derived from the verb sōḵ that means to cover over. Here it refers to putting up a roof on a temporary shelter (see Genesis 33:17; Isaiah 1:8).