Deuteronomy 16
16
Passover
(Exodus 12.1-20; Leviticus 23.4-8)
Moses said:
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Ex 12.1-20; Lv 23.4-8; Nu 28.16-25. People of Israel, you must celebrate Passover in the month of Abib,#16.1 in the month of Abib: Abib (also called Nisan), the first month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-March to mid-April. Passover was celebrated on the evening of the fourteenth of Abib (see Exodus 12.6; Leviticus 23.4,5). because one night in that month years ago, the Lord your God rescued you from Egypt. 2The Passover sacrifice must be a cow, a sheep, or a goat, and you must offer it at the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped. 3-4Eat all of the meat of the Passover sacrifice that same night. But don't serve bread made with yeast at the Passover meal. Serve the same kind of thin bread that you ate when you were slaves suffering in Egypt#16.3,4 the same kind … in Egypt: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. and when you had to leave Egypt quickly. As long as you live, this thin bread will remind you of the day you left Egypt.
For seven days following Passover,#16.3,4 seven days following Passover: This period was called the Festival of Thin Bread (see also verse 16). don't make any bread with yeast. In fact, there should be no yeast anywhere in Israel.
5Don't offer the Passover sacrifice in just any town where you happen to live. 6It must be offered at the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped. Kill the sacrifice at sunset, the time of day when you left Egypt.#16.6 sunset, the time of day when you left Egypt: Or “sunset on the same date as when you left Egypt.” 7Then cook it and eat it there at the place of worship, returning to your tents the next morning.
8Eat thin bread for the next six days. Then on the seventh day, don't do any work. Instead, come together and worship the Lord.
The Harvest Festival
(Exodus 34.22; Leviticus 23.15-21)
Moses said to Israel:
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Lv 23.15-21; Nu 28.26-31. Seven weeks after you start your grain harvest, 10-11go to the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped and celebrate the Harvest Festival#16.10,11 Harvest Festival: Traditionally called the “Festival of Weeks,” and known in New Testament times as “Pentecost.” in honor of the Lord your God. Bring him an offering as large as you can afford, depending on how big a harvest he has given you. Be sure to take along your sons and daughters and all your servants. Also invite the poor, including Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows. 12Remember that you used to be slaves in Egypt, so obey these laws.
The Festival of Shelters
(Leviticus 23.33-43; Numbers 29.12-38)
Moses said to Israel:
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Lv 23.33-36,39-43; Nu 29.12-38. After you have finished the grain harvest and the grape harvest,#16.13-15 After you … harvest: Leviticus 23.34 gives the exact date as the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, which would be early in October. take your sons and daughters and all your servants to the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped. Celebrate the Festival of Shelters for seven days. Also invite the poor, including Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows.
The Lord will give you big harvests and make you successful in everything you do. You will be completely happy, so celebrate this festival in honor of the Lord your God.
Three Festivals at the Place of Worship
(Exodus 23.14-17)
Moses said:
16Each year there are three festivals when all Israelite men must go to the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped. These are the Festival of Thin Bread, the Harvest Festival,#16.16 Harvest Festival: See the note at 16.10,11. and the Festival of Shelters. And don't forget to take along a gift for the Lord. 17The bigger the harvest the Lord gives you, the bigger your gift should be.
Treat Everyone with Justice
Moses said to Israel:
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Ex 23.6-8; Lv 19.15. After you are settled in the towns that you will receive from the Lord your God, the people in each town must appoint judges and other officers. Those of you that become judges must be completely fair when you make legal decisions, even if someone important is involved. Don't take bribes to give unfair decisions. Bribes keep people who are wise from seeing the truth and turn honest people into liars.#16.18,19 turn … liars: Or “keep innocent people from getting justice.”
20People of Israel, if you want to enjoy a long and successful life, make sure that everyone is treated with justice in the land the Lord is giving you.
Don't Set Up Sacred Poles or Stones
Moses said to Israel:
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Ex 34.13. When you build the altar for offering sacrifices to the Lord your God, don't set up a sacred pole#16.21 sacred pole: See the note at 12.3. for the worship of the goddess Asherah. 22#Lv 26.1. And don't set up a sacred stone! The Lord hates these things.
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Deuteronomy 16
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The Passover Reviewed
1“Observe the #Ex. 12:2month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for #Ex. 13:4in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. 2Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and #Num. 28:19the herd, in the #Deut. 12:5, 26; 15:20place where the Lord chooses to put His name. 3You shall eat no leavened bread with it; #Num. 29:12seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, that is, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), that you may #Ex. 13:3; Deut. 4:9remember the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. 4#Ex. 13:7And no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the meat which you sacrifice the first day at twilight remain overnight until #Num. 9:12morning.
5“You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you; 6but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover #Ex. 12:7–10at twilight, at the going down of the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt. 7And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the Lord your God chooses, and #2 Kin. 23:23in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. 8Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and #Ex. 12:16; 13:6; Lev. 23:8, 36on the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.
The Feast of Weeks Reviewed
9“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain. 10Then you shall keep the #Ex. 34:22; Lev. 23:15, 16; Num. 28:26Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give #1 Cor. 16:2as the Lord your God blesses you. 11#Deut. 16:14You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. 12#Deut. 15:15And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.
The Feast of Tabernacles Reviewed
13#Ex. 23:16“You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress. 14And #Neh. 8:9you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates. 15#Lev. 23:39–41Seven days you shall keep a sacred feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you surely rejoice.
16#Ex. 23:14–17; 34:22–24“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and #Ex. 23:15they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. 17Every man shall give as he is able, #Lev. 14:30, 31; Deut. 16:10according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.
Justice Must Be Administered
18“You shall appoint #Ex. 23:1–8; Deut. 1:16, 17; John 7:24judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19#Ex. 23:2, 6You shall not pervert justice; #Deut. 1:17you shall not show partiality, #Ex. 23:8nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. 20You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may #Ezek. 18:5–9live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
21#Ex. 34:13“You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the Lord your God. 22#Lev. 26:1You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.
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