“1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy
God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of
Egypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the
LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD
shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread
with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even]
the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt
in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out
of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. 4 And there shall be no
leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall
there [any thing] of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at
even, remain all night until the morning. 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice
the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth
thee: 6 But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place
his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the
going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of
Egypt. 7 And thou shalt roast and eat [it] in the place which the LORD
thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto
thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on 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: begin
to number the seven weeks from [such time as] thou beginnest [to put]
the sickle to the corn. 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto
the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand,
which thou shalt give [unto the LORD thy God], according 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 manservant, and thy
maidservant, 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 hath chosen to place his name there. 12
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou
shalt observe and do these statutes. 13 Thou shalt observe the feast of
tabernacles seven days, after that 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 manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite,
the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy
gates. 15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy
God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God
shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine
hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. 16 Three times in a year
shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he
shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of
weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before
the LORD empty: 17 Every man [shall give] as he is able, 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 gates, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall
judge the people with just judgment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment;
thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth
blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 20
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live,
and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 21 Thou shalt
not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy
God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up [any]
image; which the LORD thy God hateth.” (Deuteronomy 16:1-22 AV)
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