Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 16:16-20

16Threeשָׁל֣וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969timesפְּעָמִ֣ים׀pe.'a.MimH6471in ayearבַּשָּׁנָ֡הba.sha.NahH8141shallallכָל־khol-H3605thymalesזְכוּרְךָ֜ze.khu.re.KhaH2138appearיֵרָאֶ֨הye.ra.'EhH7200beforeפְּנֵ֣י׀pe.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430in theplaceבַּמָּקוֹם֙ba.ma.kOmH4725whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834he shallchooseיִבְחָ֔רyiv.CharH977; in thefeastבְּחַ֧גbe.ChagH2282ofunleavenedהַמַּצּ֛וֹתha.ma.TzotH4682breadH4682, and in thefeastוּבְחַ֥גu.ve.ChagH2282ofweeksהַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹתha.sha.vu.'otH7620, and in thefeastוּבְחַ֣גu.ve.ChagH2282of tabernacles: and they shallnotוְלֹ֧אve.Lo'H3808appearיֵרָאֶ֛הye.ra.'EhH7200beforeפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068emptyרֵיקָֽם׃rei.KamH7387:

17everyH376manH376shallgiveH5414as he isableH3027,accordingH3027to theblessingכְּבִרְכַּ֛תke.vir.KatH1293of theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he hathgivenH5414thee.

18Judgesשֹׁפְטִ֣יםsho.fe.TimH8199andofficersוְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗יםve.sho.te.RimH7860shalt thoumakeH5414thee inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thygatesשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָshe.'a.Rei.khaH8179,whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee,accordingH4941to thytribesלִשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָlish.va.Tei.khaH7626: and they shalljudgeוְשָׁפְט֥וּve.sha.fe.TuH8199thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971withrighteousצֶֽדֶק׃Tze.dekH6664judgmentמִשְׁפַּט־mish.pat-H4941.

19Thou shaltnotלֹא־lo'-H3808wrestjudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֔טmish.PatH4941; thou shaltnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808respectפָּנִ֑יםpa.NimH6440persons:neitherוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808shalt thoutakeתִקַּ֣חti.KachH3947a gift; for a gift dothblindיְעַוֵּר֙ye.'a.VerH5786theeyesעֵינֵ֣י'ei.NeiH5869of thewiseחֲכָמִ֔יםcha.kha.MimH2450, andpervertתַטֶּ֣הta.TehH5186thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of therighteousצַדִּיקִֽם׃tza.di.KimH6662.

20ThatwhichH834is altogetherjustH834shalt thoufollowתִּרְדֹּ֑ףtir.DofH7291, that thou mayestliveתִּֽחְיֶה֙tich.YehH2421, andinheritוְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ve.ya.rash.TaH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichH834theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee.

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