chapter_Deuteronomy_16
Deuteronomy 16:1: Observe the month of Abib &#8212; and thou hast made a passover to Jehovah thy God, for in the month of Abib hath Jehovah thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night; Deuteronomy 16:2: and thou hast sacrificed a passover to Jehovah thy God, of the flock, and of the herd, in the place which Jehovah doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there. Deuteronomy 16:3: 'Thou dost not eat with it any fermented thing, seven days thou dost eat with it unleavened things, bread of affliction; for in haste thou hast come out of the land of Egypt; so that thou dost remember the day of thy coming out of the land of Egypt all days of thy life; Deuteronomy 16:4: and there is not seen with thee leaven in all thy border seven days, and there doth not remain of the flesh which thou dost sacrifice at evening on the first day till morning. Deuteronomy 16:5: 'Thou art not able to sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, Deuteronomy 16:6: except at the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle &#8212; there thou dost sacrifice the passover in the evening, at the going in of the sun, the season of thy coming out of Egypt; Deuteronomy 16:7: and thou hast cooked and eaten in the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix, and hast turned in the morning, and gone to thy tents; Deuteronomy 16:8: six days thou dost eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day is a restraint to Jehovah thy God; thou dost do no work. Deuteronomy 16:9: 'Seven weeks thou dost number to thee; from the beginning of the sickle among the standing corn thou dost begin to number seven weeks, Deuteronomy 16:10: and thou hast made the feast of weeks to Jehovah thy God, a tribute of a free-will offering of thy hand, which thou dost give, as Jehovah thy God doth bless thee. Deuteronomy 16:11: And thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in thy midst, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there, Deuteronomy 16:12: and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and hast observed and done these statutes. Deuteronomy 16:13: 'The feast of booths thou dost make for thee seven days, in thine in-gathering of thy threshing-floor, and of thy wine-vat; Deuteronomy 16:14: and thou hast rejoiced in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates. Deuteronomy 16:15: Seven days thou dost feast before Jehovah thy God, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, for Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all thine increase, and in every work of thy hands, and thou hast been only rejoicing. Deuteronomy 16:16: Three times in a year doth every one of thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which He doth choose &#8212; in the feast of unleavened things, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths; and they do not appear before Jehovah empty; Deuteronomy 16:17: each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God, which He hath given to thee. Deuteronomy 16:18: Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people &#8212; a righteous judgment. Deuteronomy 16:19: Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Deuteronomy 16:20: Righteousness &#8212; righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. Deuteronomy 16:21: 'Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself, Deuteronomy 16:22: and thou dost not raise up to thee any standing image which Jehovah thy God is hating.
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