Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 16:7-17

7And thou shalt roast andeatוְאָ֣כַלְתָּ֔ve.'A.khal.taH398it in theplaceבַּמָּק֕וֹםba.ma.KomH4725whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallchooseיִבְחַ֛רyiv.CharH977: and thou shaltturnוּפָנִ֣יתָu.fa.Ni.taH6437in themorningבַבֹּ֔קֶרva.Bo.kerH1242, andgoוְהָלַכְתָּ֖ve.ha.lakh.TaH1980unto thytentsלְאֹהָלֶֽיךָ׃le.'o.ha.Lei.khaH168.

8Sixשֵׁ֥שֶׁתShe.shetH8337daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117thou shalteatתֹּאכַ֣לto.KhalH398unleavenedמַצּ֑וֹתma.TzotH4682breadH4682: and on theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayוּבַיּ֣וֹםu.vai.YomH3117shall be asolemnH6116assemblyעֲצֶ֙רֶת֙'a.Tze.retH6116to theLORDלַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430; thou shaltdoתַעֲשֶׂ֖הta.'a.SehH6213noלֹ֥אlo'H3808workמְלָאכָֽה׃ סme.la.KhahH4399therein.

9Sevenשִׁבְעָ֥הshiv.'AhH7651weeksשָׁבֻעֹ֖תsha.vu.'OtH7620shalt thounumberתִּסְפָּר־tis.por-H5608unto thee: from the time thou beginnest to put thesickleחֶרְמֵשׁ֙cher.MeshH2770to thestandingבַּקָּמָ֔הba.ka.MahH7054corn shalt thoubeginH2490tonumberלִסְפֹּ֔רlis.PorH5608sevenשִׁבְעָ֖הshiv.'AhH7651weeksשָׁבֻעֽוֹת׃sha.vu.'otH7620.

10And thou shaltkeepוְעָשִׂ֜יתָve.'a.Si.taH6213thefeastחַ֤גchagH2282ofweeksשָׁבֻעוֹת֙sha.vu.'OtH7620unto theLORDלַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430with atributeמִסַּ֛תmi.SatH4530of afreewillנִדְבַ֥תnid.VatH5071offering of thinehandיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027,whichH834thou shaltgiveתִּתֵּ֑ןti.TenH5414,accordingH3027as theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430blesseth thee:

11and thou shaltrejoiceוְשָׂמַחְתָּ֞ve.sa.mach.TaH8055beforeלִפְנֵ֣י׀lif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, thou, and thysonוּבִנְךָ֣u.vin.KhaH1121, and thydaughterוּבִתֶּךָ֮u.vi.te.KhaH1323, and thy manservant, and thymaidservantוַאֲמָתֶךָ֒va.'a.ma.te.KhaH519, and theLeviteוְהַלֵּוִי֙ve.ha.le.ViH3881that iswithinH7130thygatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָbish.'a.Rei.khaH8179, and thestrangerוְהַגֵּ֛רve.ha.GerH1616, and thefatherlessוְהַיָּת֥וֹםve.hai.ya.TomH3490, and thewidowוְהָאַלְמָנָ֖הve.ha.'al.ma.NahH490, that are in themidstבְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָbe.kir.Be.chaH7130of thee, in theplaceבַּמָּק֗וֹםba.ma.KomH4725whichH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallchooseיִבְחַר֙yiv.CharH977to cause hisnameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034todwellלְשַׁכֵּ֥ןle.sha.KenH7931there.

12And thou shaltrememberוְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔ve.Za.khar.taH2142that thou wast a bondman inEgyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714: and thou shaltobserveוְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ve.sha.mar.TaH8104anddoוְעָשִׂ֔יתָve.'a.Si.taH6213theseהָאֵֽלֶּה׃ פha.'E.lehH428statutesהַֽחֻקִּ֖יםha.chu.KimH2706.

13Thou shaltkeepתַּעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.SehH6213thefeastחַ֧גchagH2282of tabernaclessevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117,afterH3117that thou hastgatheredבְּאָ֨סְפְּךָ֔be.'A.se.pe.khaH622in from thy threshing-floor and from thywinepressוּמִיִּקְבֶֽךָ׃u.mi.yik.Ve.chaH3342:

14and thou shaltrejoiceוְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ve.sa.mach.TaH8055in thyfeastבְּחַגֶּ֑ךָbe.cha.Ge.khaH2282, thou, and thysonוּבִנְךָ֤u.vin.KhaH1121, and thydaughterוּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙u.vi.Te.khaH1323, and thy manservant, and thymaidservantוַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָva.'a.ma.Te.khaH519, and theLeviteוְהַלֵּוִ֗יve.ha.le.ViH3881, and thestrangerוְהַגֵּ֛רve.ha.GerH1616, and thefatherlessוְהַיָּת֥וֹםve.hai.ya.TomH3490, and thewidowוְהָאַלְמָנָ֖הve.ha.'al.ma.NahH490, that are within thygatesבִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃bish.'a.Rei.khaH8179.

15Sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֗יםya.MimH3117shalt thou keep afeastתָּחֹג֙ta.ChogH2287unto theLORDלַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430in theplaceבַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.KomH4725whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068shallchooseיִבְחַ֣רyiv.CharH977:becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallblessיְבָרֶכְךָ֞ye.va.rekh.KhaH1288thee inallH3605thineincreaseתְּבוּאָֽתְךָ֙te.vu.'a.te.KhaH8393, and inallH3605theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.SehH4639of thinehandsיָדֶ֔יךָya.Dei.khaH3027, and thou shalt bealtogetherH3605joyfulשָׂמֵֽחַ׃sa.Me.achH8056.

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.

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