Deu 16:13-15 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Deut 16:13-17: 16:13-17 The Festival of Shelters is called this because the people of Israel were instructed to camp out for a week in crude huts made of tree limbs as a memorial to their years of wilderness wandering (Lev 23:33-43 ). It was also a celebration of the fall harvests.

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bLev 23:33-43►

‏ Deuteronomy 16:13-15

Summary for Deut 16:13-17: 16:13-17 ^a The Festival of Shelters is called this because the people of Israel were instructed to camp out for a week in crude huts made of tree limbs as a memorial to their years of wilderness wandering (Lev 23:33-43 ^b). It was also a celebration of the fall harvests.