Deuteronomy 16
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Deuteronomy 16:14-20

14And 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. 15Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto Yhwh thy God in the place which Yhwh shall choose: because Yhwh thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

16Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Yhwh 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 Yhwh empty: 17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yhwh thy God which he hath given thee.1

18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Yhwh thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19Thou 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.2 20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Yhwh thy God giveth thee.3

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Notes

  1. 1. Deuteronomy 16:17 as…: Heb. according to the gift of his hand. ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 16:19 words: or, matters. ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 16:20 That which…: Heb. Justice, justice. ↩

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16

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