Now when the seventhmonthcame,and the sonsof Israel[were] in the cities,the peoplegatheredtogether as onemanto Jerusalem.
That whichthe restof the peoplegavewas 20,000golddrachmasand 2,000silverminasand 67priests'garments.
Now the priests,the Levites,the gatekeepers,the singers,someof the people,the templeservantsand allIsrael,livedin their cities.And when the seventhmonthcame,the sonsof Israel[were] in their cities.
And allthe peoplegatheredas onemanat the squarewhichwas in frontof the WaterGate,and they askedEzrathe scribeto bringthe bookof the lawof Moseswhichthe LORDhad givento Israel.
They foundwrittenin the lawhowthe LORDhad commandedthroughMosesthat the sonsof Israelshould livein boothsduring the feastof the seventhmonth.
"[This] shall be a permanentstatutefor you: in the seventhmonth,on the tenthday of the month,you shall humbleyour soulsand not doanywork,whether the native,or the alienwho sojournsamongyou;
"Speakto the sonsof Israel,saying,In the seventhmonthon the firstof the monthyou shall havea rest,a reminderby blowing[of trumpets], a holyconvocation.
"For thenI will giveto the peoplespurifiedlips,That allof them may callon the nameof the LORD,To serveHim shoulderto shoulder.
Day by daycontinuingwith one mindin the temple,and breakingbreadfrom house to house,they were takingtheir mealstogetherwith gladnessand sincerityof heart,
And the congregationof thosewho believedwere of oneheartand soul;and not one[of them] claimedthat anythingbelongingto him was his own,but all thingswere common propertyto them.
NowI exhortyou, brethren,by the nameof our LordJesusChrist,that you allagreeand that there be nodivisionsamongyou, but that you be made completein the samemindand in the samejudgment.
"Threetimesin a yearallyour malesshall appearbeforethe LORDyour Godin the placewhichHe chooses,at the Feastof UnleavenedBreadand at the Feastof Weeksand at the Feastof Booths,and they shall not appearbeforethe LORDempty-handed.
Then allthe sonsof Israelfrom Danto Beersheba,including the landof Gilead,cameout, and the congregationassembledas onemanto the LORDat Mizpah.
