Deuteronomy 16
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Deuteronomy 16:7-17

7And you shall roast itH1310 and eat itH398 in the placeH4725 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 will chooseH977, and in the morningH1242 you shall returnH1980 to your tentsH168.

8For sixH8337 daysH3117 you must eatH398 unleavened breadH4682, and on the seventhH7637 dayH3117 you shall hold a solemn assemblyH6116 to the LORDH3068 your GodH430, and you must notH3808 doH6213 any workH4399.

9You are to count offH5608 sevenH7651 weeksH7620 from the time you first put the sickleH2770H2490 to the standing grainH7054H2490. 10And you shall celebrateH6213 the FeastH2282 of WeeksH76201 to the LORDH3068 your GodH430H4530 with a freewill offeringH5071H3027 thatH834 you giveH5414 in proportion to howH834 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 has blessed youH1288, 11and you shall rejoiceH8055 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 in the placeH4725 HeH3068H430 will chooseH977 as a dwellingH7931 for His NameH8034H8033—youH859, your sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323, your menservantsH5650 and maidservantsH519, and the LeviteH3881 within your gatesH8179, as well as the foreignerH1616, the fatherlessH3490, and the widowsH490 among youH7130.

12RememberH2142 thatH3588 you wereH1961 slavesH5650 in EgyptH4714, and carefullyH8104 followH6213 theseH428 statutesH2706.

13You are to celebrateH6213 the FeastH2282 of TabernaclesH55212 for sevenH7651 daysH3117 after you have gatheredH622 the produce of your threshing floorH1637 and your winepressH3342. 14And you shall rejoiceH8055 in your feastH2282—youH859, your sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323, your menservantsH5650 and maidservantsH519, and the LeviteH3881, as well as the foreignerH1616, the fatherlessH3490, and the widowsH490 among youH8179.

15For sevenH7651 daysH3117 you shall celebrate a feastH2287 to the LORDH3068 your GodH430 in the placeH4725 HeH3068 will chooseH977, becauseH3588 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 will blessH1288 you in allH3605 your produceH8393 and in allH3605 the workH4639 of your handsH3027, so that your joyH8056 will beH1961 completeH389.

16ThreeH7969 timesH6471 a yearH8141 allH3605 your menH2138H854 are to appearH7200 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 in the placeH4725 He will chooseH977: at the FeastH2282 of Unleavened BreadH4682,3 the FeastH2282 of WeeksH7620,4 and the FeastH2282 of TabernaclesH5521.5 No oneH3808 should appearH7200H854 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 empty-handedH7387. 17EveryoneH376 must appear with a giftH4979 as he is ableH3027, according to the blessingH1293 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 has givenH5414 you.

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Notes

  1. 1. Deuteronomy 16:10 That is, Shavuot; see footnotes for verse 16. ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 16:13 Or Booths or Shelters; see footnotes for verse 16. ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 16:16 That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten; see Exodus 12:14–20. ↩
  4. 4. Deuteronomy 16:16 That is, Shavuot, the late spring feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; it is also known as the Feast of Harvest (see Exodus 23:16) or the Feast of Pentecost (see Acts 2:1). ↩
  5. 5. Deuteronomy 16:16 That is, Sukkot, the autumn feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; also translated as the Feast of Booths or the Feast of Shelters and originally called the Feast of Ingathering (see Exodus 23:16 and Exodus 34:22). ↩

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