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16:1–8pp—Ex 12:14–20; Lev 23:4–8; Nu 28:16–25
16 Observe the month of Avivu and celebrate the Passoverv of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.w 3 Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction,x because you left Egypt in hastey—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.z 4 Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the eveninga of the first day remain until morning.b
5 You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you 6 except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversarya c of your departure from Egypt. 7 Roastd it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. 8 For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assemblye to the Lord your God and do no work.f
16:9–12pp—Lev 23:15–22; Nu 28:26–31
9 Count off seven weeksg from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.h 10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you. 11 And rejoicei before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Namej—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levitesk in your towns, and the foreigners,l the fatherless and the widows living among you.m 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt,n and follow carefully these decrees.
16:13–17pp—Lev 23:33–43; Nu 29:12–39
13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing flooro and your winepress.p 14 Be joyfulq at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. 15 For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joyr will be complete.
16 Three times a year all your men must appears before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread,t the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles.u No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed:v 17 Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.
18 Appoint judgesw and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.x 19 Do not pervert justicey or show partiality.z Do not accept a bribe,a for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent. 20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.
21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah poleb beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,c 22 and do not erect a sacred stone,d for these the Lord your God hates.
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