Deut.16.1
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
Deut.16.1
Observe the month of Abib by celebrating the Passover to GOD, your God. It was in the month of Abib that GOD, your God, delivered you by night from Egypt.
Deut.16.1
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover of the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib he brought you out of Egypt by night.
Deut.16.1
"Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Deut.16.1
"In honor of the LORD your God, always celebrate the Passover at the proper time in early spring, for that was when the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Deut.16.2
Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
Deut.16.2
Offer the Passover-Sacrifice to GOD, your God, at the place GOD chooses to be worshiped by establishing his name there.
Deut.16.2
Sacrifice as the Passover to the LORD your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for his Name.
Deut.16.2
Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God, from the flock and the herd, in the place where the LORD chooses to put His name.
Deut.16.2
Your Passover sacrifice may be from either the flock or the herd, and it must be sacrificed to the LORD your God at the place he chooses for his name to be honored.
Deut.16.3
Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
Deut.16.3
Don't eat yeast bread with it; for seven days eat it with unraised bread, hard-times bread, because you left Egypt in a hurry--that bread will keep the memory fresh of how you left Egypt for as long as you live.
Deut.16.3
Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left Egypt in haste-so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.
Deut.16.3
You shall eat no leavened bread with it; 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 remember the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
Deut.16.3
Eat it with bread made without yeast. For seven days eat only bread made without yeast, as you did when you escaped from Egypt in such a hurry. Eat this bread--the bread of suffering--so that you will remember the day you departed from Egypt as long as you live.
Deut.16.4
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
Deut.16.4
There is to be no sign of yeast anywhere for seven days. And don't let any of the meat that you sacrifice in the evening be left over until morning.
Deut.16.4
Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until morning.
Deut.16.4
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 morning.
Deut.16.4
Let no yeast be found in any house throughout your land for seven days. And do not let any of the meat of the Passover lamb remain until the next morning.
Deut.16.5
Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
Deut.16.5
Don't sacrifice the Passover in any of the towns that GOD, your God, gives you
Deut.16.5
You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the LORD your God gives you
Deut.16.5
"You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you;
Deut.16.5
"The Passover must not be eaten in the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deut.16.6
But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
Deut.16.6
other than the one GOD, your God, designates for worship; there and there only you will offer the Passover-Sacrifice at evening as the sun goes down, marking the time that you left Egypt.
Deut.16.6
except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.
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but at the place where the LORD your God chooses to make His name abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at twilight, at the going down of the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt.
Deut.16.6
It must be offered at the place the LORD your God will choose for his name to be honored. Sacrifice it there as the sun goes down on the anniversary of your exodus from Egypt.
Deut.16.7
And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
Deut.16.7
Boil and eat it at the place designated by GOD, your God. Then, at daybreak, turn around and go home.
Deut.16.7
Roast it and eat it at the place the LORD your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.
Deut.16.7
And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents.
Deut.16.7
Roast the lamb and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses. Then go back to your tents the next morning.
Deut.16.8
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
Deut.16.8
Eat unraised bread for six days. Set aside the seventh day as a holiday; don't do any work.
Deut.16.8
For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly to the LORD your God and do no work.
Deut.16.8
Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly to the LORD your God. You shall do no work on it.
Deut.16.8
For the next six days you may not eat bread made with yeast. On the seventh day the people must assemble before the LORD your God, and no work may be done on that day.
Deut.16.9
Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
Deut.16.9
Starting from the day you put the sickle to the ripe grain, count out seven weeks.
Deut.16.9
Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.
Deut.16.9
"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.
Deut.16.9
"Count off seven weeks from the beginning of your grain harvest.
Deut.16.10
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
Deut.16.10
Celebrate the Feast-of-Weeks to GOD, your God, by bringing your Freewill-Offering--give as generously as GOD, your God, has blessed you.
Deut.16.10
Then celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the LORD your God has given you.
Deut.16.10
Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the LORD your God blesses you.
Deut.16.10
Then you must celebrate the Festival of Harvest to honor the LORD your God. Bring him a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings you have received from him.
Deut.16.11
And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
Deut.16.11
Rejoice in the Presence of GOD, your God: you, your son, your daughter, your servant, your maid, the Levite who lives in your neighborhood, the foreigner, the orphan and widow among you; rejoice at the place GOD, your God, will set aside to be worshiped.
Deut.16.11
And rejoice before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name-you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, the Levites in your towns, and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows living among you.
Deut.16.11
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.
Deut.16.11
It is a time to celebrate before the LORD your God at the place he chooses for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your whole family, all your servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you.
Deut.16.12
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Deut.16.12
Don't forget that you were once a slave in Egypt. So be diligent in observing these regulations.
Deut.16.12
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.
Deut.16.12
And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.
Deut.16.12
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, so be careful to obey all these laws.
Deut.16.13
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
Deut.16.13
Observe the Feast-of-Booths for seven days when you gather the harvest from your threshing-floor and your wine-vat.
Deut.16.13
Celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
Deut.16.13
"You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress.
Deut.16.13
"Another celebration, the Festival of Shelters, must be observed for seven days at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed and the grapes have been pressed.
Deut.16.14
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
Deut.16.14
Rejoice at your festival: you, your son, your daughter, your servant, your maid, the Levite, the foreigner, and the orphans and widows who live in your neighborhood.
Deut.16.14
Be joyful at your Feast-you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levites, the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.
Deut.16.14
And 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 gates.
Deut.16.14
This festival will be a happy time of rejoicing with your family, your servants, and with the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows from your towns.
Deut.16.15
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
Deut.16.15
Celebrate the Feast to GOD, your God, for seven days at the place GOD designates. GOD, your God, has been blessing you in your harvest and in all your work, so make a day of it--really celebrate!
Deut.16.15
For seven days celebrate the Feast to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.
Deut.16.15
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.
Deut.16.15
For seven days celebrate this festival to honor the LORD your God at the place he chooses, for it is the LORD your God who gives you bountiful harvests and blesses all your work. This festival will be a time of great joy for all.
Deut.16.16
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
Deut.16.16
All your men must appear before GOD, your God, three times each year at the place he designates: at the Feast-of-Unraised-Bread (Passover), at the Feast-of-Weeks, and at the Feast-of-Booths. No one is to show up in the Presence of GOD empty-handed;
Deut.16.16
Three times a year all your men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles. No man should appear before the LORD empty-handed:
Deut.16.16
"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 they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.
Deut.16.16
"Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. They must appear before the LORD your God at the place he chooses on each of these occasions, and they must bring a gift to the LORD.
Deut.16.17
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
Deut.16.17
each man must bring as much as he can manage, giving generously in response to the blessings of GOD, your God. [JC]
Deut.16.17
Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the LORD your God has blessed you.
Deut.16.17
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.
Deut.16.17
All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the LORD your God.
Deut.16.18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Deut.16.18
Appoint judges and officers, organized by tribes, in all the towns that GOD, your God, is giving you. They are to judge the people fairly and honestly.
Deut.16.18
Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the LORD your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.
Deut.16.18
"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Deut.16.18
"Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in all the towns the LORD your God is giving you. They will judge the people fairly throughout the land.
Deut.16.19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Deut.16.19
Don't twist the law. Don't play favorites. Don't take a bribe--a bribe blinds even a wise person; it undermines the intentions of the best of people.
Deut.16.19
Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Deut.16.19
You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Deut.16.19
You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly.
Deut.16.20
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deut.16.20
The right! The right! Pursue only what's right! It's the only way you can really live and possess the land that GOD, your God, is giving you. [JC]
Deut.16.20
Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Deut.16.20
You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
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Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deut.16.21
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Deut.16.21
Don't plant fertility Asherah trees alongside the Altar of GOD, your God, that you build.
Deut.16.21
Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to the LORD your God,
Deut.16.21
"You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the LORD your God.
Deut.16.21
"You must never set up an Asherah pole beside the altar of the LORD your God.
Deut.16.22
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
Deut.16.22
Don't set up phallic sex pillars--GOD, your God, hates them.
Deut.16.22
and do not erect a sacred stone, for these the LORD your God hates.
Deut.16.22
You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.
Deut.16.22
And never set up sacred pillars for worship, for the LORD your God hates them.
