Deu 16:13-16 | 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.

a16:13-17►

bLev 23:33-43►

fLuke 2:41►

‏ Deuteronomy 16:13-16

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.
16:16 ^c Participation in the festival was required of every man, but women and children could participate as well (16:11 ^d, 14 ^e; cp. Luke 2:41 ^f).