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Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues telling Moses what the people must do every year.
Festival of Shelters
This is a celebration during which the people of Israel lived in temporary shelters for seven days as a way to remember the time they spent living in the wilderness after they left Egypt. See how you translated it in Leviticus 23:34.
fifteenth day of the seventh month
This is the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. The fifteenth day is near the beginning of October on Western calendars. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
when you have gathered in the fruits
The word "fruits" here represents various kinds of crops. Alternate translation: "after you have gathered the crops" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)