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16 Three times in a year shall every one of thy males be seen before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose in the festival of unleavened, and in the festival of weeks, and in the festival of booths: and he shall not be seen before Jehovah empty: 17 Each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he gave to thee. 18 Judges and scribes shall thou give to thee in all thy gates which Jehovah thy God gave to thee according to thy tribes: and they judged the people just judgment. 19 Thou shalt not turn away Judgment; thou shalt not look upon and thou shalt not take a gift, for the gift will blind the eyes of the wise and will pervert the words of the just. 20 Justice, justice shalt thou follow, so that thou live and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee. 21 Thou shalt not plant to thee a grove of any wood near the altar of Jehovah thy God which thou shalt make to thee. 22 And thou shalt not set up to thee a pillar, which Jehovah thy God hates. Deuteronomy 16:16-22, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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