29. Anyone who does not deny themselves on that day will be cut off from their people.
30. Moreover, I will destroy from their people anyone who does any work on that day.
31. You must not do any work! This is a permanent rule throughout your future generations wherever you live.
32. This is a Sabbath of special rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. You will observe your Sabbath on the ninth day of the month from evening to the following evening.
33. The Lord said to Moses:
34. Say to the Israelites: The Festival of Booths to the Lord will start on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and will last for seven days.
35. The first day is a holy occasion. You must not do any job-related work.
36. For seven days you will offer food gifts to the Lord. On the eighth day you will have a holy occasion and must offer a food gift to the Lord. It is a holiday: you must not do any job-related work.
37. These are the Lord’s appointed times that you will proclaim as holy occasions, offering food gifts to the Lord: entirely burned offerings, grain offerings, communal sacrifices, and drink offerings—each on its proper day.