Festival of Shelters

The Festival of Shelters (also known as Sukkot) commemorates the forty years that the people of Israel spent wandering in the wilderness. It is also a pilgrimage festival (Deuteronomy 16:16), along with Passover and the Harvest Festival. People would go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Temple for these festivals.

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Related Bible passages

Leviticus 23.33 - Leviticus 23.43 Deuteronomy 16.13 - Deuteronomy 16.14 Nehemiah 8.13 - Nehemiah 8.18

Religion of Israel

Holidays in the Old Testament

Day of Atonement

Festival of Shelters

Festival of Unleavened Bread

Festival of Weeks

New Moon Festival

Passover in the Old Testament

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