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Deuteronomy 16


Deuteronomy 16 - 1

Observe - the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God , because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

Deuteronomy 16 - 2

You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place - the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name ....

Deuteronomy 16 - 3

You must not eat leavened bread with it ; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread , the bread of affliction , because you left the land of Egypt in haste — so that you may remember - - for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 16 - 4

No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days , and none of the meat - you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.

Deuteronomy 16 - 5

You are not ... to sacrifice - the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving

Deuteronomy 16 - 6

You must only ... offer - the Passover sacrifice at the place - the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name .... Do this in the evening as the sun sets , at the same time you departed from Egypt.

Deuteronomy 16 - 7

And you shall roast it and eat it in the place - the LORD your God - will choose , and in the morning you shall return to your tents.

Deuteronomy 16 - 8

For six days you must eat unleavened bread , and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God , and you must not do any work.

Deuteronomy 16 - 9

You are to count off seven weeks (from) ... (the time) you first put the sickle ... to the standing grain ....

Deuteronomy 16 - 10

And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God ... with a freewill offering ... that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you ,

Deuteronomy 16 - 11

and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place - He ... will choose as a dwelling for His Name ... — you , your sons and daughters , your menservants and maidservants , and the Levite - within your gates , as well as the foreigner , the fatherless , and the widows - among you.

Deuteronomy 16 - 12

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt , and carefully follow - these statutes.

Deuteronomy 16 - 13

You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered (the produce of) your threshing floor and your winepress.

Deuteronomy 16 - 14

And you shall rejoice in your feast — you , your sons and daughters , your menservants and maidservants , and the Levite , as well as the foreigner , the fatherless , and the widows - among you.

Deuteronomy 16 - 15

For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place - He will choose , because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands , so that your joy will be complete.

Deuteronomy 16 - 16

Three times a year all your men ... are to appear before the LORD your God in the place - He will choose : at the Feast of Unleavened Bread , the Feast of Weeks , and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear ... before the LORD empty-handed.

Deuteronomy 16 - 17

Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able , according to the blessing the LORD your God - has given

Deuteronomy 16 - 18

You are to appoint Judges - and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving They are to judge - the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 16 - 19

Do not deny justice or show partiality ... .... Do not accept a bribe , for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16 - 20

Pursue justice , and justice alone , so that you may live , and you may possess - the land that the LORD your God is giving

Deuteronomy 16 - 21

Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God - ,

Deuteronomy 16 - 22

and do not set up a sacred pillar , which the LORD your God hates.