Deuteronomy 16
16
Passover celebration
1Wait for the month of Abib,#16.1 March–April; called Nisan in post-exilic period at which time you must perform the Passover for the LORD your God, because the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt at nighttime during the month of Abib. 2Offer a Passover sacrifice from the flock or herd to the LORD your God at the location the LORD selects for his name to reside. 3You must not eat anything containing yeast along with it.#16.3 It, the Passover sacrifice Instead, for seven days you must eat unleavened bread, bread symbolizing misery, along with it because you fled Egypt in a great hurry. Do this so you remember the day you fled Egypt for as long as you live. 4No dough with yeast should appear in any of your territory for seven days. Furthermore, none of the meat that you sacrificed on the first night should remain until morning. 5You are not permitted to offer the Passover sacrifice in any of the cities that the LORD your God is giving you. 6Instead, you must offer the Passover sacrifice at the location the LORD your God selects for his name to reside, at evening time, when the sun sets, which was the time you fled Egypt. 7Cook it and eat it in the location that the LORD your God selects. The next morning you can return to your tents. 8For six days you will eat unleavened bread. The seventh day will be a celebration for the LORD your God. Don’t do any work.
Festival of Weeks
9Count out seven weeks, starting the count from the beginning of the grain harvest. 10At that point, perform the Festival of Weeks for the LORD your God. Offer a spontaneous gift in precise measure with the blessing the LORD your God gives you. 11Then celebrate in the presence of the LORD your God—you, your sons, your daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites who live in your cities, the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows who are among you—in the location the LORD your God selects for his name to reside. 12Remember how each of you was a slave in Egypt, so follow these regulations most carefully.
Festival of Booths
13Once you have collected the food and drink you need, perform the Festival of Booths for seven days. 14Celebrate your festival: you, your sons, your daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites, the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows who live in your cities. 15Seven days you must perform the festival for the LORD your God in the location the LORD selects because the LORD your God will bless you in all you do and in all your work. You will be overjoyed.
16Three times a year every male among you must appear before the presence of the LORD your God in the location he will select: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. They must not appear before the LORD’s presence empty-handed. 17Each one should have his gift in hand, in precise measure with the blessing the LORD your God gives you.
Judges and officials
18Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every city that the LORD your God gives you. They must judge the people fairly. 19Don’t delay justice; don’t show favoritism. Don’t take bribes because bribery blinds the vision of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. 20Righteousness! Pursue righteousness so that you live long and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Rules for worship
21Don’t plant any tree to serve as a sacred pole#16.21 Heb asherah, perhaps an object devoted to the goddess Asherah next to the altar you make for the LORD your God. 22Don’t set up any sacred stone either, because the LORD your God hates such things.
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Deuteronomy 16
16
The Passover
1Celebrate the Passover of the Lord your God during the month of Abib. It was during Abib that he brought you out of Egypt at night. 2Offer a sacrifice for the Passover to the Lord your God. It should be an animal from your flock or herd. Offer it at the place the Lord will choose to be worshiped. 3Do not eat it with bread made with yeast. But for seven days eat bread made without yeast. This is the bread of suffering because you left Egypt in a hurry. So all your life you will remember the time you left Egypt. 4There must be no yeast anywhere in your land for seven days. Offer the sacrifice on the evening of the first day. Eat all the meat before morning. Do not leave it overnight.
5Do not offer the Passover sacrifice in just any town the Lord your God gives you. 6Offer it in the place he will choose to be worshiped. Offer it in the evening as the sun goes down. That is when you left Egypt. 7Roast the meat. Then eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. The next morning go back to your tents. 8Eat bread made without yeast for six days. On the seventh day have a special meeting for the Lord your God. Do not work that day.
Feast of Weeks
9Count seven weeks from the time you begin to harvest the grain. 10Then celebrate the Feast of Weeks for the Lord your God. Bring him an offering as a special gift to him. Give to him just as he has blessed you. 11Rejoice before the Lord your God. Rejoice at the place he will choose to be worshiped. Everybody should rejoice: you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your town, the strangers, orphans and widows living among you. 12Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. And carefully obey all these laws.
Feast of Shelters
13Celebrate the Feast of Shelters for seven days. Do it after you have gathered your harvest from the threshing floor and winepress. 14Everybody should rejoice at your Feast: you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites and strangers who live in your towns, orphans and widows in your towns. 15Celebrate the Feast to the Lord your God for seven days. Celebrate it at the place he will choose. The Lord your God will bless all your harvest. He will bless all the work you do. And you will be completely happy.
16All your men must come before the Lord three times a year. They must come to the place he will choose. They must come at these times: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Shelters. No man should come before the Lord without a gift. 17Each of you must bring a gift. It should show how much the Lord your God has blessed you.
Judges for the People
18Appoint judges and officers for your tribes. Appoint them in every town the Lord your God is giving you. And they must judge the people fairly. 19Do not judge unfairly or take sides. Do not let people pay you to make wrong decisions. That kind of payment makes wise people seem blind. And it changes the words of good people. 20Always do what is right. Then you will live and own the land the Lord your God is giving you.
God Hates Idols
21Do not set up a wooden Asherah idol next to the altar you build for the Lord your God. 22And do not set up holy stone pillars. The Lord your God hates them.
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