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16:1 “Observe the month of Abib and ①celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
▷ ①Lit perform
16:2 You shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where the LORD chooses to establish His name.
16:3 You shall not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry), so that you will remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
16:4 For seven days no leaven shall be seen with you in your entire territory, and none of the meat which you sacrifice on the evening of the first day shall be left overnight until the morning.
16:5 You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your ①towns which the LORD your God is giving you;
▷ ①Lit gates
16:6 but only at the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name, you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset, at the time that you came out of Egypt.
16:7 You shall cook and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents.
16:8 For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festive assembly to the LORD your God; you shall do no work on it.
16:9 “You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.
16:10 Then you shall ①celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a ②voluntary offering of your hand in a proportional amount, which you shall give just as the LORD your God blesses you;
▷ ①Lit perform ②Or freewill offering
16:11 and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is in your ①town, and the stranger, the ②orphan, and the widow who are in your midst, at the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name.
▷ ①Lit gates ②Or fatherless
16:12 You shall also remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful and ①comply with these statutes.
▷ ①Lit perform these
16:13 “You shall ①celebrate the Feast of ②Booths for seven days when you have gathered in from your threshing floor and your wine vat;
▷ ①Lit perform ②Or Tabernacles
16:14 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite, the stranger, the ①orphan, and the widow who are in your ②towns.
▷ ①Or fatherless ②Lit gates
16:15 For seven days you shall celebrate a 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 will be altogether joyful.
16:16 “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God at the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths; and they are not to appear before the LORD empty-handed.
16:17 Everyone ①shall give as he is able, in accordance with the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.
▷ ①Lit according to the gift of his hand
16:18 “You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your ①towns which the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
▷ ①Lit gates
16:19 You shall not distort justice, you shall not ①show partiality; and you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.
▷ ①Lit recognize faces
16:20 Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
16:21 “You shall not plant for yourself an ①Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself.
▷ ①I.e., wooden symbol of a female deity
16:22 And you shall not set up for yourself a memorial stone, which the LORD your God hates.
▷ ①Lit perform
16:2 You shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where the LORD chooses to establish His name.
16:3 You shall not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry), so that you will remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
16:4 For seven days no leaven shall be seen with you in your entire territory, and none of the meat which you sacrifice on the evening of the first day shall be left overnight until the morning.
16:5 You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your ①towns which the LORD your God is giving you;
▷ ①Lit gates
16:6 but only at the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name, you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset, at the time that you came out of Egypt.
16:7 You shall cook and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents.
16:8 For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festive assembly to the LORD your God; you shall do no work on it.
16:9 “You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.
16:10 Then you shall ①celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a ②voluntary offering of your hand in a proportional amount, which you shall give just as the LORD your God blesses you;
▷ ①Lit perform ②Or freewill offering
16:11 and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is in your ①town, and the stranger, the ②orphan, and the widow who are in your midst, at the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name.
▷ ①Lit gates ②Or fatherless
16:12 You shall also remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful and ①comply with these statutes.
▷ ①Lit perform these
16:13 “You shall ①celebrate the Feast of ②Booths for seven days when you have gathered in from your threshing floor and your wine vat;
▷ ①Lit perform ②Or Tabernacles
16:14 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite, the stranger, the ①orphan, and the widow who are in your ②towns.
▷ ①Or fatherless ②Lit gates
16:15 For seven days you shall celebrate a 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 will be altogether joyful.
16:16 “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God at the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths; and they are not to appear before the LORD empty-handed.
16:17 Everyone ①shall give as he is able, in accordance with the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.
▷ ①Lit according to the gift of his hand
16:18 “You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your ①towns which the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
▷ ①Lit gates
16:19 You shall not distort justice, you shall not ①show partiality; and you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.
▷ ①Lit recognize faces
16:20 Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
16:21 “You shall not plant for yourself an ①Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself.
▷ ①I.e., wooden symbol of a female deity
16:22 And you shall not set up for yourself a memorial stone, which the LORD your God hates.