16 Observe the month of
Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib
the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover
unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the
LORD shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with
it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread
of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste:
that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land
of Egypt all the days of thy life. 4 And there shall be no leavened bread
seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing
of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all
night until the morning. 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover
within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 6 But at the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover
at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth
out of Egypt. 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the
place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning,
and go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread:
and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou
shalt do no work therein. 9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee:
begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put
the sickle to the corn. 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks
unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand,
which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God
hath blessed thee: 11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD
thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy
maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger,
and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which
the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt
observe and do these statutes. 13 Thou
shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast
gathered in thy corn and thy wine: 14 And
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. 15 Seven
days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which
the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all
thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt
surely rejoice. 16 Three
times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD 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 the LORD empty: 17 Every
man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy
God which he hath given thee. 18 Judges
and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God
giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with
just judgment. 19 Thou
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. 20 That
which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 21 Thou
shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD
thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 Neither
shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.