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Deuteronomy 16:16-18
New Catholic Bible
Deuteronomy 16:16-18
New Catholic Bible
16 Three times a year all of your men must appear before the Lord, your God, in the place that he will choose: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths. You are not to appear before the Lord empty-handed. 17 Each of you is to bring a gift that is proportionate to how much the Lord, your God, has blessed you.
18 Justice.[a]Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town that the Lord, your God, gives you. They are to judge the people fairly.
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- Deuteronomy 16:18 The institutions that used to protect the life of Israel as a nation have now disappeared, but the spirit with which Deuteronomy tries to inspire them has not lost any of its value: the people of God will always be obligated to live the covenant in the setting of a concrete human society.