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10 Then you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks[a] before the Lord your God with the voluntary offering[b] that you will bring, in proportion to how he[c] has blessed you. 11 You shall rejoice before him[d]—you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages,[e] the resident foreigners,[f] the orphans, and the widows among you—in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name. 12 Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:10 tn The Hebrew phrase חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת (khag shavuʿot) is otherwise known in the OT (Exod 23:16) as קָצִיר (qatsir, “harvest”) and in the NT as πεντηχοστή (pentēhchostē, “Pentecost”).
  2. Deuteronomy 16:10 tn Heb “the sufficiency of the offering of your hand.”
  3. Deuteronomy 16:10 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.
  4. Deuteronomy 16:11 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.
  5. Deuteronomy 16:11 tn Heb “gates.”
  6. Deuteronomy 16:11 sn The ger (גֵּר) “foreign resident” or “naturalized citizen,” (see Exod 12:19 and Deut 29:10-13) could make sacrifices (Lev 17:8; 22:18; Num 15:14) and participate in Israel’s religious festivals: Passover Exod 12:48; Day of Atonement Lev 16:29; Feast of Weeks Deut 16:10-14; Feast of Tabernacles Deut 31:12.