Deuteronomy 16

Gen Z: Deuteronomy 16

1Vibe with the month of Abib, and throw down the Passover for the Lord your God, 'cause in Abib, God bounced you outta Egypt at night.

2So, you gotta sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God from your flock and herd, at the spot God picks to put His name.

3No leavened bread with that; for seven days, munch on unleavened bread, the bread of struggle, 'cause you dipped outta Egypt fast: keep that memory alive, periodt.

4No leavened bread should be seen in your area for seven days; don’t let any meat from your first day sacrifice chill overnight.

5You can't sacrifice the Passover in any of your gates that the Lord your God gives you.

6But at the place the Lord your God picks to put His name, you’ll sacrifice the Passover at night, when the sun dips, just like when you bounced from Egypt.

7Roast it and eat it where the Lord your God chooses; then in the morning, head back to your tents.

8For six days, munch on unleavened bread; on the seventh day, it's a solemn assembly for the Lord your God: no work on that day, no cap.

9Count seven weeks for yourself, starting from when you begin to harvest the corn.

10And keep the feast of weeks for the Lord your God with a freewill offering from your hands, based on how the Lord has blessed you.

11Rejoice before the Lord your God, you, your son, your daughter, your servants, the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow in the spot the Lord chose to put His name.

12Remember, you were a bondman in Egypt: keep these rules, no cap.

13Celebrate the feast of tabernacles for seven days after you gather your corn and wine.

14And rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your servants, the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow in your gates.

15For seven days, have a lit feast for the Lord your God in the place He chooses: 'cause the Lord will bless you in all your gains, so you better rejoice.

16Three times a year, all your guys gotta show up before the Lord your God at the place He picks; during the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tabernacles: and don’t show up empty-handed.

17Every dude should give what he can, based on the blessing the Lord your God has given him.

18Set up judges and officers in all your gates that the Lord your God gives you, throughout your tribes: they gotta judge the people fairly.

19Don’t twist judgment; don’t play favorites or take bribes: 'cause a bribe blinds the wise and messes up the words of the righteous.

20Follow what’s totally just so you can live and inherit the land the Lord your God gives you.

21Don’t plant a grove of trees near the altar of the Lord your God that you make.

22And don’t set up any image; the Lord your God hates that.

KJV: Deuteronomy 16

1Observe 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.

2Thou 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.

3Thou 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.

4And 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.

5Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee:

6But 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.

7And 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.

8Six 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.

9Seven 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.

10And 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:

11And 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.

12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

13Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:

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 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.

16Three 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:

17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.

18Judges 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.

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.

20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

22Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.

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