Deuteronomy 16
16
1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2And thou shalt sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to cause his name to dwell there. 3Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. 4And there shall be no leaven seen with thee in all thy borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which thou sacrificest the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. 5Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 6but at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. 7And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 8Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God; thou shalt do no work therein. 9Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven weeks. 10And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give, according as the LORD thy God blesseth thee: 11and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there. 12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 13Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress: 14and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. 15Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thine hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful. 16Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: 17every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with righteous judgement. 19Thou shalt not wrest judgement; thou shalt not respect persons: neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 21Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar; which the LORD thy God hateth.
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Deuteronomy 16
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1 “Observe the month of Abib, and you shall keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you out from Egypt by night. 2And you shall offer the Passover sacrifice to Yahweh your God from among your flock and herd at the place that Yahweh will choose, to let his name dwell there. 3You shall not eat with it#Literally “in addition to” or “upon it” anything leavened; seven days you shall eat with it#Literally “in addition to” or “upon it” unleavened bread of affliction, because in haste you went out from the land of Egypt, so that you will remember the day of your going out from the land of Egypt all the days of your life. 4And leaven shall not be seen with#Or “for” you in any of your territory#Or “all of” your territory for seven days, and none of the meat that you will slaughter on the evening on the first day shall remain overnight until morning. 5You are not allowed to offer the Passover sacrifice in one of your towns#Literally “gates” that Yahweh your God is giving to you, 6but only at the place that Yahweh your God will choose, to let his name dwell there; you shall offer the Passover sacrifice in the evening at sunset,#Literally “in the evening as the sun goes/sets” at the designated time#The Hebrew word here indicates the specific time that God had chosen to bring Israel out of Egypt of your going out from Egypt. 7And you shall cook, and you shall eat it at the place that Yahweh your God will choose; and you may turn in the morning and go to your tents. 8Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be an assembly for Yahweh your God; you shall not do work.
9“You shall count off seven weeks for you; from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain#Literally “from the beginning of the sickle against the standing grain” you shall begin to count seven weeks. 10And then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks for Yahweh your God with the measure of the freewill offering of your hand that you shall give just as Yahweh your God has blessed you. 11And you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you and your son and your daughter and your slave and your slave woman and the Levite that is in your towns#Literally “gates” and the alien and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst in the place that Yahweh your God will choose to let his name dwell there. 12And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so you shall diligently observe#Literally “you shall observe and do” these rules.
13“You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths for yourselves#Hebrew “for you” seven days at the gathering in of the produce#Literally “at your gathering of the produce” from your threshing floor and from your press; 14and you shall rejoice at your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your slave and your slave woman and the Levite and the orphan and the widow that are in your towns.#Literally “gates” 15Seven days you shall celebrate your feast to Yahweh your God at the place Yahweh will choose, for Yahweh your God shall bless you in all of your produce#Or “increase” and in all of the work of your hand, and you shall surely be rejoicing.#Or “joyful” 16Three times in the year all of your males shall appear before #Literally “with the face of” Yahweh your God at the place that he will choose, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before Yahweh#Literally “with the face of Yahweh” empty-handed. 17Each person shall give as he is able,#Literally “according to the gift of his hand” that is, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God that he has given to you.
18“You shall appoint judges and officials for you in all your towns#Literally “gates” that Yahweh your God is giving to you throughout your tribes, and you shall render for the people righteous judgments.#Literally “a judgment based on righteousness” 19You shall not subvert#Or “distort/pervert” justice; you shall not show partiality;#Literally “recognize faces” and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind the eyes of the wise and misrepresents the words of the righteous. 20Justice, only justice#Literally “justice justice” you shall pursue, so that you may live, and you shall take possession of the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you. 21You shall not plant for yourselves#Hebrew “for/to you” but with collective meaning an Asherah pole#Literally “an Asherah of any wood/tree” beside the altar of Yahweh your God that you make for yourselves.#Hebrew “for/to you” but with collective meaning 22And you shall not set up for yourselves a stone pillar, a thing that Yahweh your God hates.
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