Deuteronomy 16 KJV Easy Read Bible

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The Passover Reviewed

1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover to the Lord your God: for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.

2You shall therefore sacrifice the passover to the Lord your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place His name there.

3You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. yeast; yeast-free

4And there shall be no leavened bread seen with you in all your coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which you sacrificed the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning. borders; meat

5You may not sacrifice the passover inside any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you:

6But at the place which the Lord your God shall choose to place His name in, there you shall sacrifice the passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.

7And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents. return

8Six days you shall eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God you shall do no work therein.

The Feast of Weeks Reviewed

9Seven weeks shall you number to you: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as you begin to put the sickle to the corn.

10And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give to the Lord your God, according as the Lord your God has blessed you:

11And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is inside your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you^p, in the place which the Lord your God has chosen to place His name there. foreigner

12And you shall remember that you were a bondman in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

The Feast of Tabernacles Reviewed

13You shall observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that you have gathered in your corn and your wine:

14And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are inside your gates.

15Seven days shall you keep a solemn feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord your God shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.

16Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the Lord your 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:

17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.

Justice Must Be Administered

18Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates which the Lord your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

19You shall not twist judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. show favoritism; bribe

20That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the Lord your God gives you.

21You shall not plant you a grove of any trees near to the altar of the Lord your God which you shall make you.

22Neither shall you set you up any image; which the Lord your God hates. idol

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