Deuteronomy 16
16
1Keep the month of Abib, and celebrate the passover to Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2And thou shalt sacrifice the passover to Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim of the flock and of the herd, in the place which Jehovah will choose to cause his name to dwell there. 3Thou shalt eat no leavened bread along with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread with it, 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 sacrificedst at even on the first day, be left over night until the morning. — 5Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover in one of thy gates, which Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim giveth thee; 6but at the place that Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim will 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 time that thou camest forth out of Egypt. 7And thou shalt cook and eat it at the place which Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim will choose; and in the morning shalt thou turn and go unto thy tents. 8Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim thou shalt do no work. 9Seven weeks shalt thou count: from the beginning of putting the sickle into the corn shalt thou begin to count seven weeks. 10And thou shalt hold the feast of weeks to Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim with a tribute of a voluntary-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim hath blessed thee; 11and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is in thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow that are in thy midst in the place that Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim will choose to cause his name to dwell there. 12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and thou shalt keep and do these statutes. 13The feast of tabernacles shalt thou hold seven days, when thou hast gathered in the produce of thy floor and of thy winepress. 14And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy gates. 15Seven days shalt thou hold a feast to Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim in the place which Jehovah will choose; for Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim will bless thee in all thy produce, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be wholly joyful. 16Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim in the place which he will choose, at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty: 17each shall give according to that which is in his power to give, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim which he hath given thee.
18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment. 19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 20Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim giveth thee. 21Thou shalt not plant thyself an Asherah of any wood near unto the altar of Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim which thou shalt make thee. 22Neither shalt thou set thee up a statue, which Jehovah thy God#GodHebrew: Elohim hateth.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Deuteronomy 16
16
Passover
1“Observe the #For ver. 1-8, see Ex. 12:2-39 month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for #Ex. 13:4; 34:18in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. 2And you shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God, from the flock or #Num. 28:19 the herd, #See ch. 12:5at the place that the Lord will choose, to make his name dwell there. 3You shall eat no leavened bread with it. #Ex. 13:6 Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction—for you came out of the land of Egypt #Ex. 12:11; [Isa. 52:12]in haste—that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt. 4#Ex. 13:7 No leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory for seven days, #Ex. 34:25nor shall any of the flesh that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain all night until morning. 5You may not offer the Passover sacrifice within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, 6but at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell in it, there you shall offer the Passover sacrifice, in the evening at sunset, at the time you came out of Egypt. 7And you shall cook it and eat it at the place that the Lord your God will choose. And in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. 8For #[Ex. 13:6] six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be #Lev. 23:8, 36a solemn assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.
The Feast of Weeks
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Ex. 23:16; 34:22; Lev. 23:15; Num. 28:26; [Acts 2:1] “You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain. 10Then you shall keep #2 Chr. 8:13 the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with #See ch. 26:1-11 the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give #ch. 12:15; [1 Cor. 16:2]as the Lord your God blesses you. 11And #ch. 12:7, 12, 18; 14:26; See Neh. 8:9-12you 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 towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there. 12#See ch. 5:15You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.
The Feast of Booths
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Ex. 23:16; See Lev. 23:34 “You shall keep the Feast of Booths seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your winepress. 14#ver. 11; See Neh. 8:9-12You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns. 15For #Lev. 23:39seven days you shall keep the feast to the Lord your God at the place that the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.
16 # ch. 31:11; Ex. 23:14, 17; 34:23 “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. #Ex. 23:15They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. 17Every man #[Ezek. 46:5, 11; 2 Cor. 8:12] shall give as he is able, #[See ver. 10 above]according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.
Justice
18“You shall appoint #ch. 1:16; Num. 11:16; Josh. 1:10; 1 Chr. 23:4; 26:29judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19#ch. 27:19; Ex. 23:2, 6; Isa. 10:2; Amos 5:12; [Lev. 19:15]; See ch. 24:17 You shall not pervert justice. #See ch. 1:17 You shall not show partiality, #See Ex. 23:8and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. 20Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Forbidden Forms of Worship
21“You shall not plant any tree as #Ex. 34:13; Judg. 6:25; 1 Kgs. 14:15; 16:33; 2 Kgs. 13:6; 17:16; 2 Chr. 33:3an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make. 22And you shall not set up a pillar, which the Lord your God hates.
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