Deuteronomy 16:14-17

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. 1  16:15 You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the Lord your God in the place he 2  chooses, for he 3  will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do; 4  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 5  empty-handed. 16:17 Every one of you must give as you are able, 6  according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

1 tn Heb “in your gates.”

2 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

3 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

4 tn Heb “in all the work of your hands” (so NASB, NIV); NAB, NRSV “in all your undertakings.”

3 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

4 tn 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 the second half of the verse, which is second person rather than third.