Leviticus 23:42 (WEB)
You shall dwell in temporary shelters for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“Let us pitch tents in the seventh month and noise abroad a solemn fast with the sound of a horn.” — editor's note: Levit. xxiii. 40–42.
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Leo the Great
“We proclaim the holy Fast of the Seventh Month, dearly-beloved, for the exercise of common devotions, confidently inciting you with fatherly exhortations to make Christian by your observance that which was formerly Jewish.” — editor's note: The observances of the seventh month, especially of the Day of Atonement, will be found in Lev. xxiii. 26–44, and Numbers xxix.
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