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Verse 1

Observe{H8104} the month{H2320} of Abib,{H24} and keep{H6213} the passover{H6453} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God;{H430} for in the month{H2320} of Abib{H24} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} brought thee forth{H3318} out of Egypt{H4714} by night.{H3915}

Verse 2

And thou shalt sacrifice{H2076} the passover{H6453} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} of the flock{H6629} and the herd,{H1241} in the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} shall choose,{H977} to cause his name{H8034} to dwell{H7931} there.

Verse 3

Thou shalt eat{H398} no leavened bread{H2557} with it; seven{H7651} days{H3117} shalt thou eat{H398} unleavened bread{H4682} therewith, even the bread{H3899} of affliction;{H6040} for thou camest forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} in haste:{H2649} that thou mayest remember{H2142} the day{H3117} when thou camest forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} all the days{H3117} of thy life.{H2416}

Verse 4

And there shall be{H7200} no leaven seen{H7200} with thee in all thy borders{H1366} seven{H7651} days;{H3117} neither shall any of the flesh,{H1320} which thou sacrificest{H2076} the first{H7223} day{H3117} at even,{H6153} remain{H3885} all night until the morning.{H1242}

Verse 5

Thou mayest{H3201} not sacrifice{H2076} the passover{H6453} within any{H259} of thy gates,{H8179} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee;

Verse 6

but at the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose,{H977} to cause his name{H8034} to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice{H2076} the passover{H6453} at even,{H6153} at the going down{H935} of the sun,{H8121} at the season{H4150} that thou camest forth{H3318} out{H3318} of Egypt.{H4714}

Verse 7

And thou shalt roast{H1310} and eat{H398} it in the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose:{H977} and thou shalt turn{H6437} in the morning,{H1242} and go{H1980} unto thy tents.{H168}

Verse 8

Six{H8337} days{H3117} thou shalt eat{H398} unleavened bread;{H4682} and on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} shall be a solemn assembly{H6116} to Jehovah{H3068} thy God;{H430} thou shalt do{H6213} no work{H4399} [therein].

Verse 9

Seven{H7651} weeks{H7620} shalt thou number{H5608} unto thee: from the time thou beginnest{H2490} to put the sickle{H2770} to the standing grain{H7054} shalt thou begin{H2490} to number{H5608} seven{H7651} weeks.{H7620}

Verse 10

And thou shalt keep{H6213} the feast{H2282} of weeks{H7620} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} with a tribute{H4530} of a freewill-offering{H5071} of thy hand,{H3027} which thou shalt give,{H5414} according as Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} blesseth{H1288} thee:

Verse 11

and thou shalt rejoice{H8055} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} thou, and thy son,{H1121} and thy daughter,{H1323} and thy man-servant,{H5650} and thy maid-servant,{H519} and the Levite{H3881} that is within thy gates,{H8179} and the sojourner,{H1616} and the fatherless,{H3490} and the widow,{H490} that are in the midst{H7130} of thee, in the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose,{H977} to cause his name{H8034} to dwell{H7931} there.

Verse 12

And thou shalt remember{H2142} that thou wast a bondman{H5650} in Egypt:{H4714} and thou shalt observe{H8104} and do{H6213} these statutes.{H2706}

Verse 13

Thou shalt keep{H6213} the feast{H2282} of tabernacles{H5521} seven{H7651} days,{H3117} after that thou hast gathered{H622} in from thy threshing-floor{H1637} and from thy winepress:{H3342}

Verse 14

and thou shalt rejoice{H8055} in thy feast,{H2282} thou, and thy son,{H1121} and thy daughter,{H1323} and thy man-servant,{H5650} and thy maid-servant,{H519} and the Levite,{H3881} and the sojourner,{H1616} and the fatherless,{H3490} and the widow,{H490} that are within thy gates.{H8179}

Verse 15

Seven{H7651} days{H3117} shalt thou keep a feast{H2287} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} shall choose;{H977} because Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will bless{H1288} thee in all thine increase,{H8393} and in all the work{H4639} of thy hands,{H3027} and thou shalt be altogether joyful.{H8056}

Verse 16

Three{H7969} times{H6471} in a year{H8141} shall all thy males{H2138} appear{H7200} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in the place{H4725} which he shall choose:{H977} in the feast{H2282} of unleavened bread,{H4682} and in the feast{H2282} of weeks,{H7620} and in the feast{H2282} of tabernacles;{H5521} and they shall not appear{H7200} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} empty:{H7387}

Verse 17

every man{H376} shall give as he is able,{H4979} according to the blessing{H1293} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} which he hath given{H5414} thee.

Verse 18

Judges{H8199} and officers{H7860} shalt thou make{H5414} thee in all thy gates,{H8179} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, according to thy tribes;{H7626} and they shall judge{H8199} the people{H5971} with righteous{H6664} judgment.{H4941}

Verse 19

Thou shalt not wrest{H5186} justice:{H4941} thou shalt not respect{H5234} persons;{H6440} neither shalt thou take{H3947} a bribe;{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} doth blind{H5786} the eyes{H5869} of the wise,{H2450} and pervert{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662}

Verse 20

That which is altogether{H6664} just{H6664} shalt thou follow,{H7291} that thou mayest live,{H2421} and inherit{H3423} the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee.

Verse 21

Thou shalt not plant{H5193} thee an Asherah{H842} of any kind of tree{H6086} beside{H681} the altar{H4196} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} which thou shalt make{H6213} thee.

Verse 22

Neither shalt thou set thee up{H6965} a pillar;{H4676} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hateth.{H8130}

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