Deuteronomy 16
International Standard Version
Celebrate the Passover
16 “Observe the month of Abib, keeping the Passover to the Lord your God, because the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt during the night in the month of Abib. 2 Then sacrifice sheep and cattle for the Passover to the Lord your God at the place where the Lord your God will choose to establish his name. 3 You must not eat any yeast with it. Instead, for seven days eat bread without yeast—the bread of affliction—because you left the land of Egypt in haste. Remember the day you went out of the land of Egypt for the rest of your lives. 4 Yeast is not to be seen in any of your territories for seven days. The meat is not to remain from the evening of the first day until morning.
5 “You must not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your cities[a] that the Lord your God is about to give you. 6 Instead, you are to sacrifice the Passover in the evening at dusk—at the time of day you left Egypt—at the place where your God will choose to establish his name. 7 Boil and eat the Passover meal[b] at the place that the Lord your God will choose. In the morning you may go back to your tents. 8 Eat bread without yeast for six days. Then on the seventh day, hold an assembly to the Lord your God. Don’t do any work.”
Celebrate the Festival of Weeks
9 “Count off seven weeks from when the sickle is first put to standing grain. 10 Then observe the Festival of Weeks in the presence of the Lord your God by giving your tribute and the freewill offering of your hands in proportion to the manner in which the Lord your God blessed you. 11 Rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God with your son, daughter, male and female slaves, the descendant of Levi who is in your city,[c] the stranger, the orphan, and the widow among you, at the place where the Lord your God will choose to establish his name. 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, so keep and observe these statutes.”
Celebrate the Festival of Tents
13 “Celebrate the Festival of Tents[d] for seven days after you harvest from your threshing floor and your wine press. 14 Rejoice in your festival—you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi, and foreigners, orphans, and widows, who live in your cities.[e] 15 For seven days you are to celebrate in the presence of the Lord your God at the place where the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in everything you do, and your joy will be complete.
16 “Every male must appear in the presence of the Lord your God three times a year at the place where he will choose: for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Seven Weeks, and the Festival of Tents.[f] He must not appear in the Lord’s presence empty-handed, 17 but each one must appear[g] with his own gift, proportional to the blessing that the Lord your God has given you.”
Pursue Justice
18 “Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities[h] that the Lord your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially.[i] 19 You must not twist justice, show favoritism, or take bribes, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the speech of the righteous. 20 You are to pursue justice—and only justice—so you may live and possess the land that the Lord your God is about to give you.”
Prohibited Practices
21 “You are not to set up a sacred pole[j] beside the altar of the Lord your God that you will build. 22 Furthermore, you are not to erect for yourselves a sacred stone pillar, because the Lord your God detests these things.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 16:5 Lit. gates
- Deuteronomy 16:7 The Heb. lacks the Passover meal
- Deuteronomy 16:11 Lit. gate
- Deuteronomy 16:13 Or Tents
- Deuteronomy 16:14 Lit. gates
- Deuteronomy 16:16 Or Tents
- Deuteronomy 16:17 The Heb. lacks must appear
- Deuteronomy 16:18 Lit. gates
- Deuteronomy 16:18 Lit. people with righteous judgment
- Deuteronomy 16:21 Lit. Asherah; i.e. a cultic pillar
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Svenska Folkbibeln
Påskhögtiden
16 Ge akt på månaden Abib och fira Herrens, din Guds, påskhögtid. Ty i månaden Abib förde Herren, din Gud, dig ut ur Egypten om natten. 2 Du skall slakta påskoffer åt Herren, din Gud, av småboskap och nötboskap på den plats som Herren utväljer till boning åt sitt namn. 3 Till offret skall du inte äta något syrat. I sju dagar skall du äta osyrat bröd, betryckets bröd. Ty snabbt drog du ut ur Egyptens land. Så länge du lever skall du därför komma ihåg den dag då du lämnade Egyptens land. 4 I sju dagar skall man inte se någon surdeg hos dig inom hela ditt område, och av det som du slaktar om kvällen på den första dagen skall inget lämnas kvar över natten till morgonen.
5 Du får inte slakta påskoffret i vilken som helst av de städer som Herren, din Gud, ger dig, 6 utan endast på den plats som Herren, din Gud, utväljer till boning åt sitt namn. Där skall du slakta påskoffret om kvällen när solen går ner vid den tid då du drog ut ur Egypten. 7 Du skall koka det och äta det på den plats som Herren, din Gud, utväljer och om morgonen skall du vända tillbaka och gå till dina tält. 8 Sex dagar skall du äta osyrat bröd och på sjunde dagen skall högtidsförsamling hållas åt Herren, din Gud. Då skall du inte utföra något arbete.
Veckohögtiden
9 Du skall räkna sju veckor. Från det att man börjar skära säden skall du räkna de sju veckorna. 10 Därefter skall du fira Herrens, din Guds, veckohögtid och bära fram din hands frivilliga gåva, som du skall ge efter måttet av den välsignelse som Herren, din Gud, har gett dig. 11 Inför Herrens, din Guds, ansikte skall du glädja dig på den plats som Herren, din Gud, utväljer till boning åt sitt namn, du med din son och din dotter, din tjänare och tjänarinna, med leviten som bor inom dina portar och främlingen, den faderlöse och änkan, som du har hos dig. 12 Kom ihåg att du var slav i Egypten och följ noga dessa stadgar.
Lövhyddohögtiden
13 Lövhyddohögtiden skall du fira i sju dagar sedan du har inbärgat avkastningen från din tröskplats och från din vinpress. 14 Du skall glädja dig vid denna högtid med din son och din dotter, din tjänare och tjänarinna, med leviten, främlingen, den faderlöse och änkan som bor inom dina portar. 15 I sju dagar skall du fira Herrens, din Guds, högtid på den plats som Herren utväljer, ty Herren, din Gud, skall välsigna dig i all den avkastning du får och i allt vad dina händer har uträttat, och du skall vara fylld av glädje.
16 Tre gånger om året skall alla av manligt kön hos dig träda fram inför Herrens, din Guds, ansikte på den plats som han utväljer: vid det osyrade brödets högtid, vid veckohögtiden och vid lövhyddohögtiden. Men med tomma händer får ingen träda fram inför Herrens ansikte, 17 var och en skall ge vad han förmår, efter den välsignelse som Herren, din Gud, har gett dig.
Domare
18 Du skall för dina särskilda stammar tillsätta domare och tillsyningsmän åt dig inom alla de städer som Herren, din Gud, ger dig. De skall döma folket med rättvisa. 19 Du skall inte förvanska rätten och inte vara partisk. Du skall inte ta mutor, ty mutor förblindar de visas ögon och förvrider de rättfärdigas sak. 20 Rättfärdighet, ja, rättfärdighet skall du sträva efter, för att du må leva och ta i besittning det land som Herren, din Gud, ger dig.
Avguderi och annan synd
21 Du skall inte sätta upp åt dig någon träpåle som en Asera vid sidan av Herrens, din Guds, altare, det som du skall göra åt dig. 22 Du skall inte heller resa någon stenstod åt dig, för sådant hatar Herren, din Gud.
Deuteronomy 16
New King James Version
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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 (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.
5 “You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you; 6 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. 7 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. 8 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)
9 “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
- Deuteronomy 16:8 Lit. restraint
- Deuteronomy 16:14 towns
- Deuteronomy 16:18 towns
- Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit. regard faces
- Deuteronomy 16:19 perverts
- Deuteronomy 16:21 Or Asherah
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