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Text -- Deuteronomy 16:5-22 (NET)
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16:5 You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages that the Lord your God is giving you,
16:6 but you must sacrifice it in the evening in the place where he chooses to locate his name , at sunset , the time of day you came out of Egypt .
16:7 You must cook and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses ; you may return the next morning to your tents .
16:8 You must eat bread made without yeast for six days . The seventh day you are to hold an assembly for the Lord your God ; you must not do any work on that day.
The Festival of Weeks
16:9 You must count seven weeks ; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain .
16:10 Then you are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks before the Lord your God with the voluntary offering that you will bring , in proportion to how he has blessed you.
16:11 You shall rejoice before him – you , your son , your daughter , your male and female slaves , the Levites in your villages , the resident foreigners , the orphans , and the widows among you– in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name .
16:12 Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt , and so be careful to observe these statutes .
The Festival of Temporary Shelters
16:13 You must celebrate the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days , at the time of the grain and grape harvest .
16:14 You are to rejoice in your festival , you , your son , your daughter , your male and female slaves , the Levites , the resident foreigners , the orphans , and the widows who are in your villages .
16:15 You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the Lord your God in the place he chooses , for he will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do ; so you will indeed rejoice !
16:16 Three times a year all your males must appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks , and the Festival of Temporary Shelters ; and they must not appear before him empty-handed .
16:17 Every one of you must give as you are able , according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.
Provision for Justice
16:18 You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly .
16:19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe , for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous .
16:20 You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Examples of Legal Cases
16:21 You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself.
16:22 You must not erect a sacred pillar , a thing the Lord your God detests .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Passover |
CALENDAR |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
STRANGER AND SOJOURNER (IN THE OLD TESTAMENT) |
Israel |
Moses |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Pentecost |
POOR |
FEASTS AND FASTS |
Jerusalem |
Thankfulness |
Widow |
Feasts |
Tabernacles, Feast of |
Worship |
LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) |
Judge |
Justice |
PROSELYTE |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Deu 16:5; Deu 16:6; Deu 16:6; Deu 16:6; Deu 16:7; Deu 16:8; Deu 16:9; Deu 16:10; Deu 16:10; Deu 16:10; Deu 16:11; Deu 16:11; Deu 16:13; Deu 16:13; Deu 16:14; Deu 16:15; Deu 16:15; Deu 16:15; Deu 16:16; Deu 16:17; Deu 16:18; Deu 16:18; Deu 16:18; Deu 16:19; Deu 16:19; Deu 16:20; Deu 16:21; Deu 16:21; Deu 16:22
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NET Notes: Deu 16:7 The rules that governed the Passover meal are found in Exod 12:1-51, and Deut 16:1-8. The word translated “cook” (בָּ...
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NET Notes: Deu 16:8 The words “on that day” are not in the Hebrew text; they are supplied in the translation for clarification (cf. TEV, NLT).
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NET Notes: Deu 16:9 Heb “the seven weeks.” The translation uses a pronoun to avoid redundancy in English.
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NET Notes: Deu 16:15 Heb “in all the work of your hands” (so NASB, NIV); NAB, NRSV “in all your undertakings.”
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NET Notes: Deu 16:17 Heb “a man must give according to the gift of his hand.” This has been translated as second person for stylistic reasons, in keeping with ...
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NET Notes: Deu 16:20 Heb “justice, justice.” The repetition is emphatic; one might translate as “pure justice” or “unadulterated justice̶...
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NET Notes: Deu 16:21 Sacred Asherah pole. This refers to a tree (or wooden pole) dedicated to the worship of Asherah, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. See also ...
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