Leviticus 23:42

“Ye shall dwell in booths seven days, etc.] So that it seems they were not obliged to dwell in them on the eighth day, which was an holy convocation, a sabbath in which no servile work was to be done as the first, (<032336>Leviticus 23:36,39). The eighth day was a day by itself, a sort of an appendage to the feast of tabernacles, when they went into their houses again, and kept it as an holy day; and perhaps principally in giving thanks for the ingathering of the fruits of the earth, to which this seems to be appropriated from (<032339>Leviticus 23:39). According to the Jewish writers, they did not go out of their booths until they had dined in them on this day; and as they went out used to…”

“Booths - According to Jewish tradition, what were used at the Feast of Tabernacles were strictly “tabernacula,” structures of boards, with a covering of boughs. The “booth” in which the Israelite kept the Feast, and the “tent” which was his ordinary abode in the wilderness, had this in common - they were temporary places of sojourn, they belonged to camp-life. The seven days of abode in the booths of the festival was thus a fair symbol of the forty years of abode in tents in the wilderness. The Feast might well become the appointed memorial of this period of their history for the ages to come. All that are Israelites born - The omission of the foreigners in this command is remarkable.…”

“In booths - Which were erected in their cities or towns, either in their streets, or gardens, or the tops of their houses. These were made flat, and therefore were fit for the use. Leviticus 23:44”

“Gen 33:17; Num 24:2, Num 24:5; Neh 8:14-17; Jer 35:10; Co2 5:1; Heb 11:13-16 Leviticus 23:43”