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Die Passahfeier

16 Beobachte den Monat Abib, daß du dem Herrn, deinem Gott, das Passah feierst; denn im Monat Abib hat dich der Herr, dein Gott, bei Nacht aus Ägypten geführt. Und du sollst dem Herrn, deinem Gott, als Passah Rinder und Schafe opfern an dem Ort, den der Herr erwählen wird, daß sein Name daselbst wohne. Du sollst kein gesäuertes Brot an diesem Feste essen. Du sollst sieben Tage lang ungesäuertes Brot des Elends essen, denn du bist in eiliger Flucht aus Ägyptenland gezogen; darum sollst du dein Leben lang an den Tag deines Auszugs aus Ägyptenland denken! Und es soll sieben Tage lang kein Sauerteig in allen deinen Landmarken gesehen werden, und soll auch nichts von dem Fleische, das am Abend des ersten Tages geschlachtet worden ist, über Nacht bleiben bis zum Morgen.

Du darfst das Passah nicht schlachten in irgend einem deiner Tore, die der Herr, dein Gott, dir gegeben hat; sondern an dem Ort, den der Herr, dein Gott, erwählen wird, daß sein Name daselbst wohne, daselbst sollst du das Passah schlachten am Abend, wenn die Sonne untergeht, zu eben der Zeit, als du aus Ägypten zogest. Und du sollst es braten und an dem Ort essen, den der Herr, dein Gott, erwählt hat, und sollst am Morgen umkehren und wieder zu deiner Hütte gehen. Sechs Tage lang sollst du Ungesäuertes essen; und am siebenten Tage ist der Versammlungstag des Herrn, deines Gottes; da sollst du kein Werk tun.

Das Fest der Wochen

Sieben Wochen sollst du dir abzählen; wenn man anfängt, die Sichel an die Saat zu legen, sollst du anheben, die sieben Wochen zu zählen. 10 Darnach sollst du dem Herrn, deinem Gott, das Fest der Wochen halten und ein freiwilliges Opfer von deiner Hand geben, je nach dem der Herr, dein Gott, dich gesegnet hat. 11 Und du sollst fröhlich sein vor dem Herrn, deinem Gott, du und dein Sohn und deine Tochter und dein Knecht und deine Magd und der Levit, der in deinen Toren ist, und der Fremdling und die Waise und die Witwe, die unter dir sind, an dem Ort, den der Herr, dein Gott, erwählen wird, daß sein Name daselbst wohne. 12 Und bedenke, daß du in Ägypten ein Knecht gewesen bist, daß du diese Satzungen beobachtest und tuest!

Das Laubhüttenfest

13 Das Fest der Laubhütten sollst du sieben Tage lang halten, wenn du [den Ertrag] deiner Tenne und deiner Kelter eingesammelt hast. 14 Und du sollst an deinem Feste fröhlich sein, du und dein Sohn und deine Tochter und dein Knecht und deine Magd und der Levit und der Fremdling und die Waise und die Witwe, die in deinen Toren sind. 15 Sieben Tage lang sollst du dem Herrn, deinem Gott, das Fest halten an dem Ort, den der Herr erwählt hat; denn der Herr, dein Gott, wird dich segnen im ganzen Ertrag [deiner Ernte] und in allen Werken deiner Hände; darum sollst du fröhlich sein.

16 Dreimal im Jahre sollen alle deine männlichen Personen vor dem Herrn, deinem Gott, erscheinen an dem Ort, den er erwählen wird, nämlich am Fest der ungesäuerten Brote und am Fest der Wochen und am Fest der Laubhütten. Aber niemand soll mit leeren Händen vor dem Herrn erscheinen, 17 sondern ein jeder mit einer Gabe seiner Hand, je nach dem Segen, den der Herr, dein Gott, dir gegeben hat.

Bestellung der Richter

18 Du sollst dir Richter und Amtleute einsetzen in allen deinen Toren, die der Herr, dein Gott, dir unter deinen Stämmen geben wird, damit sie das Volk richten mit gerechtem Gericht. 19 Du sollst das Recht nicht beugen. Du sollst auch keine Person ansehen und keine Geschenke nehmen, denn die Geschenke verblenden die Augen der Weisen und verkehren die Worte der Gerechten. 20 Der Gerechtigkeit, ja der Gerechtigkeit jage nach, daß du leben und das Land besitzen mögest, das der Herr, dein Gott, dir geben wird.

Keine Götzenbilder

21 Du sollst dir kein Astartenbild von irgendwelchem Holz aufstellen bei dem Altar des Herrn, deines Gottes, den du dir machst, 22 und du sollst dir auch keine Säule aufrichten; solches haßt der Herr, dein Gott.

The Festival of Passover

16 “Observe the month of Abib[a](A) and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, because the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night in the month of Abib. Sacrifice to Yahweh your God a Passover animal from the herd or flock in the place where the Lord chooses to have His name dwell.(B) You must not eat leavened bread with it. For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread with it, the bread of hardship—because you left the land of Egypt in a hurry—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. No yeast is to be found anywhere in your territory for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day is to remain until morning. You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns the Lord your God is giving you. You must only sacrifice the Passover animal at the place where Yahweh your God chooses to have His name dwell. Do this in the evening as the sun sets at the same time of day you departed from Egypt. You are to cook and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses, and you are to return to your tents in the morning. You must eat unleavened bread for six days. On the seventh day there is to be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God, and you must not do any work.

The Festival of Weeks

“You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.(C) 10 You are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the Lord your God has blessed you. 11 Rejoice(D) before Yahweh your God in the place where He chooses to have His name dwell—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow among you. 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt; carefully follow these statutes.

The Festival of Booths

13 “You are to celebrate the Festival of Booths for seven days when you have gathered in everything from your threshing floor and winepress.(E) 14 Rejoice during your festival—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, as well as the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates. 15 You are to hold a seven-day festival for the Lord your God in the place He chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands,(F) and you will have abundant joy.

16 “All your males are to appear three times a year(G) before the Lord your God in the place He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed. 17 Everyone must appear with a gift suited to his means, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you.

Appointing Judges and Officials

18 “Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. 20 Pursue justice and justice alone, so that you will live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.(H)

Forbidden Worship

21 “Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the Lord your God, 22 and do not set up a sacred pillar; the Lord your God hates them.(I)

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:1 March–April; called Nisan in the post-exilic period; Neh 2:1; Est 3:7

The Passover Reviewed(A)

16 “Observe the (B)month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for (C)in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and (D)the herd, in the (E)place where the Lord chooses to put His name. You shall eat no leavened bread with it; (F)seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, that is, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), that you may (G)remember the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. (H)And no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the meat which you sacrifice the first day at twilight remain overnight until (I)morning.

“You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you; but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover (J)at twilight, at the going down of the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt. And you shall roast and eat it (K)in the place which the Lord your God chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and (L)on the seventh day there shall be a [a]sacred assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.

The Feast of Weeks Reviewed(M)

“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain. 10 Then you shall keep the (N)Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give (O)as the Lord your God blesses you. 11 (P)You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. 12 (Q)And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.

The Feast of Tabernacles Reviewed(R)

13 (S)“You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress. 14 And (T)you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your [b]gates. 15 (U)Seven days you shall keep a sacred feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you surely rejoice.

16 (V)“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and (W)they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. 17 Every man shall give as he is able, (X)according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.

Justice Must Be Administered

18 “You shall appoint (Y)judges and officers in all your [c]gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 (Z)You shall not pervert justice; (AA)you shall not [d]show partiality, (AB)nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and [e]twists the words of the righteous. 20 You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may (AC)live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

21 (AD)“You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a [f]wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the Lord your God. 22 (AE)You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:8 Lit. restraint
  2. Deuteronomy 16:14 towns
  3. Deuteronomy 16:18 towns
  4. Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit. regard faces
  5. Deuteronomy 16:19 perverts
  6. Deuteronomy 16:21 Or Asherah

The Passover(A)

16 Observe the month of Aviv(B) and celebrate the Passover(C) of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night. Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.(D) Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction,(E) because you left Egypt in haste(F)—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.(G) Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening(H) of the first day remain until morning.(I)

You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary[a](J) of your departure from Egypt. Roast(K) it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly(L) to the Lord your God and do no work.(M)

The Festival of Weeks(N)

Count off seven weeks(O) from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.(P) 10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you. 11 And rejoice(Q) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name(R)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites(S) in your towns, and the foreigners,(T) the fatherless and the widows living among you.(U) 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt,(V) and follow carefully these decrees.

The Festival of Tabernacles(W)

13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor(X) and your winepress.(Y) 14 Be joyful(Z) at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. 15 For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy(AA) will be complete.

16 Three times a year all your men must appear(AB) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(AC) the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles.(AD) No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed:(AE) 17 Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

Judges

18 Appoint judges(AF) and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.(AG) 19 Do not pervert justice(AH) or show partiality.(AI) Do not accept a bribe,(AJ) for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent. 20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Worshiping Other Gods

21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole(AK) beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,(AL) 22 and do not erect a sacred stone,(AM) for these the Lord your God hates.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:6 Or down, at the time of day