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10 Then observe the Festival of Weeks[a] for the Lord your God and give a voluntary offering of as much as you can afford, in keeping with how much the Lord has blessed you.

11 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 the gates of your city, and the alien and the fatherless and the widow who are among you. Do this in the place where the Lord your God will choose to establish his name.

12 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, so you are to be careful to carry out these statutes.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:10 Also called Pentecost or Reaping

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(A) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name(B)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites(C) in your towns, and the foreigners,(D) the fatherless and the widows living among you.(E) 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt,(F) and follow carefully these decrees.

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