39 " 'So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month , after you have gathered the crops of the land , celebrate the festival to the LORD for seven days; the first day is a day of rest , and the eighth day also is a day of rest .. This sentence is hard to understand. A simpler version with equivalent meaning is the following:
39On the fifteenth day of the seventh month , when you have gathered all the produce of your land , you will celebrate a feast in honor of the Lord seven days . The first and eighth days will be days of rest .