Deuteronomy:16

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* Observe the month of Abib , and prepare the passover –sacrifice unto the Lord thy God ; for in the month of Abib did the Lord thy God bring thee forth out of Egypt by night . * And thou shalt sacrifice the passover –offering unto the Lord thy God of sheep and oxen , in the place which the Lord will choose to let his name dwell there . * Thou shalt not eat therewith any leavened bread : seven days shalt thou eat therewith unleavened bread , the bread of affliction ; for in haste didst thou go forth out of the land of Egypt ; in order that thou mayest remember the day of thy going forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life . * And there shall not be seen with thee any leaven in all thy borders seven days : neither shall there any of the flesh , which thou sacrificedst in the evening , on the first day , remain all night until the morning . * Thou mayest not slay the passover within any of thy gates , which the Lord thy God giveth thee ; * But at the place which the Lord thy God will choose to let his name dwell in , there shalt thou slay the passover at evening , at the going down of the sun , at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt . * And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God will choose ; and thou shalt turn in the morning , and go unto thy tents . * Six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread ; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work . * Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thyself : from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn , shalt thou begin to number seven weeks . * And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God with a tribute of a freewill –offering of thy hand , which thou shalt give : according as the Lord thy God shall have blessed thee . * And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God , thou , and thy son , and thy daughter , and thy man –servant , and thy maid –servant , and the Levite that is within thy gates , and the stranger , and the fatherless , and the widow , that are in the midst of thee , in the place which the Lord thy God will choose to let his name dwell there . * And thou shalt remember that thou hast been a bond –man in Egypt ; and thou shalt observe and do these statutes . * The feast of tabernacles shalt thou hold for thyself seven days , when thou hast gathered in the produce of thy threshing –floor and of thy wine –press : * And thou shalt rejoice on thy feast , thou , and thy son , and thy daughter , and thy man –servant , and thy maid –servant , and the Levite , and the stranger , and the fatherless , and the widow , that are within thy gates . * Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord will choose ; because the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy product , and in all the work of thy hands , and thou shalt only rejoice . * Three times in the year shall every one of thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he will choose : on the feast of unleavened bread , and on the feast of weeks , and on the feast of tabernacles ; and no one shall appear before the Lord empty ; * Every man according to what his hand can give , according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee . * Judges and officers shalt thou appoint unto thyself in all thy gates , which the Lord thy God giveth thee , throughout thy tribes : and they shall judge the people with a just judgment . * Thou shalt not wrest judgment ; thou shalt not respect persons , and thou shalt not take a bribe ; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise , and perverteth the words of the righteous . * Justice , only justice shalt thou pursue ; in order that thou mayest live , and retain possession of the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee . * Thou shalt not plant unto thyself a grove , any tree , near the altar of the Lord thy God , which thou shalt make unto thyself . * Neither shalt thou set thee up any statue , which the Lord thy God hateth .

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