Chapter 16
1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the
passover unto HaShem thy G-d; for in the month of Abib HaShem thy G-d brought
thee forth out of Egypt by night.
2 And thou shalt sacrifice the passover-offering unto HaShem
thy G-d, of the flock and the herd, in the place which HaShem shall choose to
cause His name to dwell there.
3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt
thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for in haste
didst thou come forth out of the land of Egypt; 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 leaven seen with thee in all they
borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which thou sacrificest the
first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover-offering within any
of thy gates, which HaShem thy G-d giveth thee;
6 but at the place which HaShem thy G-d shall choose to cause
His name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover-offering 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 HaShem
thy G-d 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 HaShem thy G-d; thou shalt do no work
therein.
9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee; from the time the
sickle is first put to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.
10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto HaShem thy G-d
after the measure of the freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give,
according as HaShem thy G-d blesseth thee.
11 And thou shalt rejoice before HaShem thy G-d, thou, and
thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the
Levite that is within they gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the
widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which HaShem thy G-d shall
choose to cause His name to dwell there.
12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt;
and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
13 Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after
that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress.
14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son,
and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and
the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
15 Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto HaShem thy G-d in
the place which HaShem shall choose; because HaShem thy G-d shall bless thee in
all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be
altogether joyful.
16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before
HaShem thy G-d in the place which He shall choose; on the feast of unleavened
bread, and on the feast of weeks, and on the feast of tabernacles; and they
shall not appear before HaShem empty;
17 every man shall give as he is able, according to the
blessing of HaShem thy G-d which He hath given thee.
18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates,
which HaShem thy G-d giveth thee, tribe by tribe; and they shall judge the
people with righteous judgment.
19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect
persons; neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the
wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
20 Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live,
and inherit the land which HaShem thy G-d giveth thee.
21 Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree
beside the altar of HaShem thy G-d, which thou shalt make thee.
22 Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar, which HaShem thy
G-d hateth.
Sources: Portions copyright © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant, All Rights Reserved
JPS Electronic Edition, based on the 1917 JPS translation, Copyright © 1998 by Larry Nelson, All Rights Reserved
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