Deuteronomy 16
16
1Observe the month of new corn, which is the first of the spring, that thou mayst celebrate the phase to the Lord thy God: because in this month the Lord thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night.
2And thou shalt sacrifice the phase to the Lord thy God, of sheep, and of oxen, in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may dwell there.
3Thou shalt not eat with it leavened bread: seven days shalt thou eat without leaven the bread of affliction, because thou camest out of Egypt in fear. That thou mayst remember the day of thy coming out of Egypt, all the days of thy life.
4No leaven shall be seen in all thy coasts for seven days: neither shall any of the flesh of that which was sacrificed the first day in the evening remain until morning.
5Thou mayst not immolate the phase in any one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God will give thee:
6But in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may dwell there. Thou shalt immolate the phase in the evening, at the going down of the sun, at which time thou camest out of Egypt.
7And thou shalt dress, and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose: and in the morning rising up thou shalt go into thy dwellings.
8Six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day, because it is the assembly of the Lord thy God, thou shalt do no work.
9Thou shalt number unto thee seven weeks from that day, wherein thou didst put the sickle to the corn.
10And thou shalt celebrate the festival of weeks to the Lord thy God: a voluntary oblation of thy hand, which thou shalt offer according to the blessing of the Lord thy God.
11And thou shalt feast before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger and the fatherless, and the widow, who abide with you: in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may dwell there.
12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do the things that are commanded.
13Thou shalt celebrate the solemnity also of tabernacles seven days, when thou hast gathered in thy fruit of the barnfloor and of the winepress.
14And thou shalt make merry in thy festival time, thou, thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant: the Levite also and the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow that are within thy gates.
15Seven days shalt thou celebrate feasts to the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose. And the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy fruits, and in every work of thy hands, and thou shalt be in joy.
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, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. No one shall appear with his hands empty before the Lord.
17But every one shall offer according to what he hath, according to the blessing of the Lord his God, which he shall give him.
18Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes. That they may judge the people with just judgment,
19And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.
20Thou shalt follow justly after that which is just: that thou mayst live and possess the land, which the Lord thy God shall give thee.
21Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near the altar of the Lord thy God.
22Neither shalt thou make nor set up to thyself a statue: which things the Lord thy God hateth.
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Deuteronomy 16
16
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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