Bible Verses

Aaron shall keep the flame in order from evening until morning in the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil of the Covenant. It shall be a lasting ordinance for all generations.

 “Command the Israelites to bring you oil from pressed olives for the light, that a lamp may be kept burning continually.

Care of the Temple The Lord spoke to Moses and said:

These are the regulations that Moses gave to the sons of Israel concerning the feasts of the Lord.

so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites live in tents when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”

You are to keep this feast in the seventh month. For seven days, you are to live in tents and shelters: all natives of Israel must live in tents and shelters,

You are to celebrate a feast for the Lord in this manner for seven days every year. This is a perpetual law for your descendants.

On the first day, you shall take choice fruits, palm branches, boughs of leafy trees and willows from the riverbank, and for seven days you shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God.

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have harvested the produce of the land, you are to celebrate the feast of the Lord for seven days. On the first and eighth days, there shall be a complete rest.