CHAPTER 16
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.
You are to offer
to the LORD
your God
the Passover sacrifice
from the herd
or flock
in the place
where
the LORD
will choose
as a dwelling
for His Name.
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.
No
yeast
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.
You must only
offer
the Passover sacrifice
at
the place
where
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.
And you shall roast
and eat it
in the place
the LORD
your God
will choose,
and in the morning
you shall return
to your tents.
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.
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,
and you shall rejoice
before
the LORD
your God
in the place
where
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.
You are to celebrate
the Feast
of Tabernacles
for seven
days
after you have gathered
the produce of your threshing floor
and your winepress.
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.
For seven
days
you shall celebrate a feast
for 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.
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.
Everyone
must appear with a gift
as he is able,
according to the blessing
the LORD
your God
has given you.
You are to appoint
judges
and officials
for your tribes
in every
town
the LORD
your God
is giving you.
They are to judge
the people
with righteous
judgment.
Do not
deny
justice
or show partiality.
Do not
accept
any bribes,
for
a bribe
blinds
the eyes
of the wise
and twists
the words
of the righteous.
Pursue
justice,
and justice alone,
so that
you may live,
and you may possess
the land
the LORD
your God
is giving you.
You shall not
plant
any
kind of tree
as an Asherah pole
next to
the altar
you will build
for the LORD
your God,