초막절(Feast of Tabernacles) 은 유대인의 달력으로 일곱번째 달 15일에 지키는 절기이다.
이 때에는 광야생활을 기념하여 초막을 짓고 그 안에서 7일동안 생활하였다.
34 “Speak to the children of Israel , and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to Yahweh.
35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
36 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
37 “ ‘These are the appointed feasts of Yahweh which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering , a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day—
38 in addition to the Sabbaths of Yahweh, and in addition to your gifts, and in addition to all your vows, and in addition to all your free will offerings, which you give to Yahweh.
39 “ ‘So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of Yahweh seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
40 You shall take on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God seven days.
41 You shall keep it as a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations. You shall keep it in the seventh month.
곡식을 저장하는 절기라고 하여
수장절 이라고도 하고, 장막에 거한다고 해서
장막절 이라고도 한다.
And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.