Live in shelters for seven days. All the people born in Israel must live in shelters
But Jacob went to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his animals. That is why the place was named Succoth.
We have lived in tents and have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
I spoke to the prophets and gave them many visions; through them, I taught my lessons to you.”
“But I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again as you used to do on worship days.
“Tell the people of Israel: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month is the Feast of Shelters. This feast to the Lord will continue for seven days.
Celebrate this festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This law will continue from now on; you will celebrate it in the seventh month.
When Balaam saw the Israelites camped in their tribes, the Spirit of God took control of him,
Your tents are beautiful, people of Jacob! So are your homes, Israel!
We know that our body—the tent we live in here on earth—will be destroyed. But when that happens, God will have a house for us. It will not be a house made by human hands; instead, it will be a home in heaven that will last forever.