| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1“In honor of the LORD your God, celebrate the Passover each year in the early spring, in the month of Abib, for that was the month in which the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Your Passover sacrifice may be from either the flock or the herd, and it must be sacrificed to the LORD your God at the designated place of worship—the place he chooses for his name to be honored. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Eat it with bread made without yeast. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, as when you escaped from Egypt in such a hurry. Eat this bread—the bread of suffering—so that as long as you live you will remember the day you departed from Egypt. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Let no yeast be found in any house throughout your land for those seven days. And when you sacrifice the Passover lamb on the evening of the first day, do not let any of the meat remain until the next morning. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5“You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6You must offer it only at the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored. Sacrifice it there in the evening as the sun goes down on the anniversary of your exodus from Egypt. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Roast the lamb and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses. Then you may go back to your tents the next morning. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8For the next six days you may not eat any bread made with yeast. On the seventh day proclaim another holy day in honor of the LORD your God, and no work may be done on that day. The Festival of Harvest |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9“Count off seven weeks from when you first begin to cut the grain at the time of harvest. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Then celebrate the Festival of Harvest to honor the LORD your God. Bring him a voluntary offering in proportion to the blessings you have received from him. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11This is a time to celebrate before the LORD your God at the designated place of worship he will choose for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, so be careful to obey all these decrees. The Festival of Shelters |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13“You must observe the Festival of Shelters for seven days at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed and the grapes have been pressed. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14This festival will be a happy time of celebrating with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows from your towns. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15For seven days you must celebrate this festival to honor the LORD your God at the place he chooses, for it is he who blesses you with bountiful harvests and gives you success in all your work. This festival will be a time of great joy for all. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16“Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. On each of these occasions, all men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he chooses, but they must not appear before the LORD without a gift for him. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the LORD your God. Justice for the People |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18“Appoint judges and officials for yourselves from each of your tribes in all the towns the LORD your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21“You must never set up a wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build for the LORD your God. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22And never set up sacred pillars for worship, for the LORD your God hates them. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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