According to the Torah, God commanded the Israelites: "Three times a year shall all your men appear before the Lord your God in the place that God will choose, on the festivals of Pesah (Passover), Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks/ Pentecost), and Sukkot (the Festival of Booths/ Tabernacles).
Nawu wa Muxe wu lerise Vaisrayele wu ku: "Kanharhu hi lembe vaxinuna hinkwavo va wena va fanele va humelela emahlweni ka Yehovha Xikwembu xa wena endhawini leyi a nga ta yi hlawula: enkhubyeni wa swinkwa leswo-ke-comela ni le nkhubyeni wa mavhiki ni le nkhubyeni wa mintsonga."