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Deuteronomy 16:14-20

14andthou shaltrejoiceוְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ve.sa.mach.TaH8055inthyfeastH2282, thou,andthysonוּבִנְךָ֤u.vin.KhaH1121,andthydaughterוּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙u.vi.Te.khaH1323,andthy man-servant,andthy maid-servant,andtheLeviteוְהַלֵּוִ֗יve.ha.le.ViH3881,andthesojournerוְהַגֵּ֛רve.ha.GerH1616,andthefatherlessוְהַיָּת֥וֹםve.hai.ya.TomH3490,andthewidowוְהָאַלְמָנָ֖הve.ha.'al.ma.NahH490,thatarewithin thygatesH8179.

15Sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֗יםya.MimH3117shalt thou keepafeastuntoJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430intheplaceבַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.KomH4725whichJehovahshallchooseיִבְחַ֣רyiv.CharH977;becauseJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willblessיְבָרֶכְךָ֞ye.va.rekh.KhaH1288theeinallthineincrease,andinalltheworkמַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.SehH4639ofthyhandsיָדֶ֔יךָya.Dei.khaH3027,andthou shaltbeוְהָיִ֖יתָve.ha.Yi.taH1961altogetherjoyfulשָׂמֵֽחַ׃sa.Me.achH8056.

16Threeשָׁל֣וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969timesH6471inayearבַּשָּׁנָ֡הba.sha.NahH8141shallallthymalesזְכוּרְךָ֜ze.khu.re.KhaH2138appearיֵרָאֶ֨הye.ra.'EhH7200beforeJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430intheplaceבַּמָּקוֹם֙ba.ma.kOmH4725whichheshallchooseיִבְחָ֔רyiv.CharH977:inthefeastH2282ofunleavenedהַמַּצּ֛וֹתha.ma.TzotH4682breadH4682,andinthefeastH2282ofweeksהַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹתha.sha.vu.'otH7620,andinthefeastH2282oftabernacles;andtheyshallnotappearיֵרָאֶ֛הye.ra.'EhH7200beforeJehovahemptyH7387:

17everymanH376shallgiveH5414asheisable,accordingtotheblessingכְּבִרְכַּ֛תke.vir.KatH1293ofJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430whichhehathgivenH5414thee.

18Judgesשֹׁפְטִ֣יםsho.fe.TimH8199andofficersH7860shalt thoumakeH5414theeinallthygatesH8179,whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee,accordingtothytribesH7626;andtheyshalljudgeוְשָׁפְט֥וּve.sha.fe.TuH8199thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971withrighteousjudgmentמִשְׁפַּט־mish.pat-H4941.

19Thou shaltnotwrestjusticeמִשְׁפָּ֔טmish.PatH4941: thou shaltnotrespectpersons;neithershalt thoutakeתִקַּ֣חti.KachH3947abribeשֹׁ֔חַדSho.chadH7810;forabribeהַשֹּׁ֗חַדha.Sho.chadH7810dothblindיְעַוֵּר֙ye.'a.VerH5786theeyesעֵינֵ֣י'ei.NeiH5869ofthewiseחֲכָמִ֔יםcha.kha.MimH2450,andpervertthewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697oftherighteousצַדִּיקִֽם׃tza.di.KimH6662.

20Thatwhichisaltogetherjustshalt thoufollow,thatthou mayestliveתִּֽחְיֶה֙tich.YehH2421,andinheritH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee.

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