Deuteronomy Chapter 16

Deuteronomy Chapter 16
1 Thou shalt keep the month of Abib, and
thou shalt celebrate the Passover unto
the Lord thy God: for in the month of
Abib the Lord thy God brought thee out
of Egypt by night.
2 Thou shalt therefore offer the Passover
unto the Lord thy God, of sheep and
bullocks in the place where the Lord
shall choose to cause his name to dwell.
3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with
it: but seven days shalt thou eat
unleavened bread therewith, even the
bread of tribulation: for thou camest out
of the land of Egypt in haste, that thou
mayest remember the day when thou
camest out of the land of Egypt, all the
days of thy life.
4 And there shall be no leaven seen with
thee in all thy coasts seven days long:
neither shall there remain the night any
of the flesh until the morning which thou
offerest the first day at even.
5 Thou mayest not offer the Passover
within any of thy gates, which the Lord
thy God giveth thee:
6 But in the place which the Lord thy
God shall choose to place his name,
there thou shalt offer the Passover at
even, about the going down of the sun, in
the season that thou camest out of Egypt.
7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the
place which the Lord thy God shall
choose, and shalt return on the morrow,
and go unto thy tents.
8 Six days shalt thou eat unleavened
bread, and the seventh day shall be a
solemn assembly to the Lord thy God:
thou shalt do no work therein. 9 Seven
weeks shalt thou number unto thee, and
shalt begin to number the seven weeks,
when thou beginest to put the sickle to
the corn:
10 And thou shalt keep the feast of
weeks unto the Lord thy God, even a free
gift of thine hand, which thou shalt give
unto the Lord thy God, as the Lord thy
God hath blessed thee.
11 And thou shalt rejoice before the
Lord thy God, thou and thy son, and thy
daughter, and thy servant, and thy maid,
and the Levite that is within thy gates,
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and
the widow, that are among you, in the
place which the Lord thy God shall
choose to place his name there,
12 And thou shalt remember that thou
wast a servant in Egypt: therefore thou
shalt observe and do these ordinances.
13 Thou shalt observe the feast of the
tabernacles seven days, when thou hast
gathered in thy corn, and thy wine.
14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast,
thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and
thy servant, and thy maid, and the Levite,
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and
the widow, that are within thy gates.
15 Seven days shalt thou keep a feast
unto the Lord thy God in the place which
the Lord shall choose: when the Lord thy
God shall bless thee in all thine
increase, and in all the works of thine
hands, thou shalt in any case be glad.
16 Three times in the year shall all the
males appear before the Lord thy God in
the place which he shall choose: in the
feast of the unleavened bread, and in the
feast of the weeks, and in the feast of the
tabernacles: and they shall not appear
before the Lord empty.
17 Every man shall give according to
the gift of his hand, and according to the
blessing of the Lord thy God, which he
hath given thee.
18 Judges and officers shalt thou make
thee in all thy cities, which the Lord thy
God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes:
and they shall judge the people with
righteous judgment.
19 Wrest not thou the law, nor respect
any person, neither take reward: for the
reward blindeth the eyes of the wise,
and perverteth the word of the just. 20
That which is just and right shalt thou
follow, that thou mayest live, and
possess the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee.
21 Thou shalt plant thee no grove of any
trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy
God, which thou shalt make thee.
22 Thou shalt set thee up no pillar,
which thing the Lord thy God hateth.