Chapter 16

Observe² the month of Abib, and keep¹ the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth⁵² out of Egypt by night.

Thou shalt therefore sacrifice¹ the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose⁴ to place¹⁵ his name there.

Thou shalt eat⁴ no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat⁴ unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth¹ out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember⁴ the day when thou camest forth² out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

And there shall be no leavened bread seen¹¹ with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there [any thing] of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst⁴ the first day at even, remain⁴ all night until the morning.

Thou mayest⁴ not sacrifice² the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth⁶ thee:

But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose⁴ to place¹⁵ his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice⁴ the passover at even, at the going down² of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out² of Egypt.

And thou shalt roast¹⁴ and eat¹ [it] in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:⁴ and thou shalt turn¹ in the morning, and go¹ unto thy tents.

Six days thou shalt eat⁴ unleavened bread: and on the seventh day [shall be] a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do⁴ no work [therein].

Seven weeks shalt thou number⁴ unto thee: begin⁵⁵ to number² the seven weeks from [such time as] thou beginnest⁵³ [to put] the sickle to the corn.

And thou shalt keep¹ the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give⁴ [unto the LORD thy God], according as the LORD thy God hath blessed¹⁷ thee:

And thou shalt rejoice¹ 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 chosen⁴ to place¹⁵ his name there.

And thou shalt remember¹ that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe¹ and do¹ these statutes.

Thou shalt observe⁴ the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered² in thy corn and thy wine:

And thou shalt rejoice¹ 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.

Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast⁴ unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose:⁴ because the LORD thy God shall bless¹⁷ thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

Three times in a year shall all thy males appear¹¹ before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose;⁴ in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear¹¹ before the LORD empty:

Every man [shall give] as he is able, ³⁰²⁷ according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given¹ thee.

Judges⁶ and officers⁶ shalt thou make⁴ thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth⁶ thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge¹ the people with just judgment.

Thou shalt not wrest⁵⁵ judgment; thou shalt not respect⁵⁵ persons, neither take⁴ a gift: for a gift doth blind¹⁷ the eyes of the wise, and pervert¹⁷ the words of the righteous.

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow,⁴ that thou mayest live,⁴ and inherit¹ the land which the LORD thy God giveth⁶ thee.

Thou shalt not plant⁴ thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make⁴ thee.

Neither shalt thou set thee up⁵⁵ [any] image; which the LORD thy God hateth.¹