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Deuteronomy 16

Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, because in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. So you'll sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and the herd, in the place the Lord chooses to cause his name to live there. Do not eat leavened bread with it. For se

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Passover

Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, because in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. So you'll sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and the herd, in the place the Lord chooses to cause his name to live there. Do not eat leavened bread with it. For seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of suffering, because you came out of Egypt in haste, so you may remember the day you came out of Egypt all the days of your life. And there won't be any yeast seen with you in all your borders for seven days. And none of the meat you sacrificed on the first day in the evening will be left overnight till the morning. You can't sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates that the Lord your God is giving you. But in the place the Lord your God chooses to cause his name to live, that's where you'll sacrifice the Passover, in the evening at sunset, at the time you came out of Egypt. You'll roast it and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses. And in the morning you'll turn round and go to your tents. Six days you'll eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there'll be a special assembly to the Lord your God. You'll do no work in it.

Keep the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, because in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt at night. So you'll sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and the herd, in the place the Lord chooses to make his name live there. You won't eat leavened bread with it. Seven days you'll eat unleavened bread with it, the bread of hard times — because you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry — so you remember the day you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. And there won't be any leaven seen with you in all your borders for seven days. And none of the meat you sacrificed on the first day in the evening will be left overnight till the morning. You can't sacrifice the Passover inside any of your gates that the Lord your God is giving you. But in the place the Lord your God chooses to make his name live, that's where you'll sacrifice the Passover, in the evening at sunset, at the time you came out of Egypt. And you'll roast it and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses. And in the morning you'll turn round and go to your tents. Six days you'll eat unleavened bread. And on the seventh day there'll be a gathering to the Lord your God. You won't do any work.

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. 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. 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. 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. Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 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. 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. 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.

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Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, because in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

Plain English

Keep the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, because in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt at night.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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So you'll sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and the herd, in the place the Lord chooses to cause his name to live there.

Plain English

So you'll sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and the herd, in the place the Lord chooses to make his name live there.

King James Version, 1611

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

Do not eat leavened bread with it. For seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of suffering, because you came out of Egypt in haste, so you may remember the day you came out of Egypt all the days of your life.

Plain English

You won't eat leavened bread with it. Seven days you'll eat unleavened bread with it, the bread of hard times — because you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry — so you remember the day you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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And there won't be any yeast seen with you in all your borders for seven days. And none of the meat you sacrificed on the first day in the evening will be left overnight till the morning.

Plain English

And there won't be any leaven seen with you in all your borders for seven days. And none of the meat you sacrificed on the first day in the evening will be left overnight till the morning.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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You can't sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates that the Lord your God is giving you.

Plain English

You can't sacrifice the Passover inside any of your gates that the Lord your God is giving you.

King James Version, 1611

Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:

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But in the place the Lord your God chooses to cause his name to live, that's where you'll sacrifice the Passover, in the evening at sunset, at the time you came out of Egypt.

Plain English

But in the place the Lord your God chooses to make his name live, that's where you'll sacrifice the Passover, in the evening at sunset, at the time you came out of Egypt.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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You'll roast it and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses. And in the morning you'll turn round and go to your tents.

Plain English

And you'll roast it and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses. And in the morning you'll turn round and go to your tents.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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Six days you'll eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there'll be a special assembly to the Lord your God. You'll do no work in it.

Plain English

Six days you'll eat unleavened bread. And on the seventh day there'll be a gathering to the Lord your God. You won't do any work.

King James Version, 1611

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.

Weeks and Booths

Count seven weeks for yourself. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the grain. Keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, according as the Lord your God has blessed you. You'll rejoice before the Lord your God — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite in your towns, and the stranger and orphans and the widow among you — in the place the Lord your God chooses to cause his name to live there. Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and be careful to observe these rules. You'll keep the Feast of Booths seven days, after you've gathered in from your threshing floor and your winepress. You'll rejoice at your feast — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite and the stranger and orphans and the widow in your towns. Seven days you'll keep a special feast to the Lord your God in the place the Lord chooses. Because the Lord your God will bless you in all your increase and in all the work of your hands, you'll surely rejoice. Three times a year all your males will appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses — at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths. And they won't appear before the Lord empty-handed. Every man will give as he is able, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given him.

You'll count yourself seven weeks. Start counting the seven weeks from when you first put the sickle to the standing grain. And you'll keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with a free offering from your hand, that you give as the Lord your God blesses you. And you'll celebrate in front of the Lord your God — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite inside your gates, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow among you — in the place the Lord your God chooses to make his name live there. And you'll remember you were a slave in Egypt, and you'll watch and do these rules. You'll keep the Feast of Booths seven days, after you've gathered in from your threshing floor and your winepress. And you'll celebrate at your feast — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow inside your gates. Seven days you'll keep a solemn feast to the Lord your God in the place the Lord chooses — because the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, so you'll be nothing but glad. Three times a year all your males will show up in front of the Lord your God in the place he chooses — at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths. And they won't show up in front of the Lord empty-handed. Every man will give what he can, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he's given you.

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. 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: 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. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: 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. 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. 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: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

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Count seven weeks for yourself. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the grain.

Plain English

You'll count yourself seven weeks. Start counting the seven weeks from when you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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Keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, according as the Lord your God has blessed you.

Plain English

And you'll keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with a free offering from your hand, that you give as the Lord your God blesses you.

King James Version, 1611

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:

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You'll rejoice before the Lord your God — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite in your towns, and the stranger and orphans and the widow among you — in the place the Lord your God chooses to cause his name to live there.

Plain English

And you'll celebrate in front of the Lord your God — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite inside your gates, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow among you — in the place the Lord your God chooses to make his name live there.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and be careful to observe these rules.

Plain English

And you'll remember you were a slave in Egypt, and you'll watch and do these rules.

King James Version, 1611

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

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You'll keep the Feast of Booths seven days, after you've gathered in from your threshing floor and your winepress.

King James Version, 1611

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

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You'll rejoice at your feast — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite and the stranger and orphans and the widow in your towns.

Plain English

And you'll celebrate at your feast — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow inside your gates.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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Seven days you'll keep a special feast to the Lord your God in the place the Lord chooses. Because the Lord your God will bless you in all your increase and in all the work of your hands, you'll surely rejoice.

Plain English

Seven days you'll keep a solemn feast to the Lord your God in the place the Lord chooses — because the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, so you'll be nothing but glad.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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Three times a year all your males will appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses — at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths. And they won't appear before the Lord empty-handed.

Plain English

Three times a year all your males will show up in front of the Lord your God in the place he chooses — at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths. And they won't show up in front of the Lord empty-handed.

King James Version, 1611

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:

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Every man will give as he is able, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given him.

Plain English

Every man will give what he can, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he's given you.

King James Version, 1611

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

Chase justice

Appoint judges and officers within all your gates that the Lord your God gives you, throughout your tribes, and they'll judge the people with just judgment. Do not twist judgment, show partiality or take a bribe. A bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. Follow what is altogether just, so you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God gives you. Do not plant a grove of any trees near the altar of the Lord your God that you make. Do not set up any image, which the Lord your God hates.

You'll set up judges and officers in all your gates that the Lord your God is giving you, through your tribes. And they'll judge the people with fair judgment. You won't twist judgment. You won't take sides or take a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. Justice — you'll chase justice, so you live and own the land the Lord your God is giving you. You won't plant yourself a grove of any trees near the altar of the Lord your God that you make yourself. And you won't set up any pillar, because the Lord your God hates it.

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. 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. That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.

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Appoint judges and officers within all your gates that the Lord your God gives you, throughout your tribes, and they'll judge the people with just judgment.

Plain English

You'll set up judges and officers in all your gates that the Lord your God is giving you, through your tribes. And they'll judge the people with fair judgment.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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Do not twist judgment, show partiality or take a bribe. A bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Plain English

You won't twist judgment. You won't take sides or take a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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Follow what is altogether just, so you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God gives you.

Plain English

Justice — you'll chase justice, so you live and own the land the Lord your God is giving you.

King James Version, 1611

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

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Do not plant a grove of any trees near the altar of the Lord your God that you make.

Plain English

You won't plant yourself a grove of any trees near the altar of the Lord your God that you make yourself.

King James Version, 1611

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

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Do not set up any image, which the Lord your God hates.

Plain English

And you won't set up any pillar, because the Lord your God hates it.

King James Version, 1611

Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.