Deuteronomy 16:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Keep the feast to the Lord your God for seven days, in the place marked out by the Lord: because the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all the produce of your land and all the work of your hands, and you will have nothing but joy.

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  • Deut 7:13 : 13 And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which by his oath to your fathers he undertook to give you.
  • Deut 16:10 : 10 Then keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God, with an offering freely given to him from the wealth he has given you:
  • Deut 28:8-9 : 8 The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. 9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways. 10 And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the Lord is on you, and they will go in fear of you. 11 And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you. 12 Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.
  • Deut 30:16 : 16 In giving you orders today to have love for the Lord your God, to go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions, so that you may have life and be increased, and that the blessing of the Lord your God may be with you in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage.
  • Lev 23:36-42 : 36 Every day for seven days give an offering made by fire to the Lord; and on the eighth day there is to be a holy meeting, when you are to give an offering made by fire to the Lord; this is a special holy day: you may do no field-work on that day. 37 These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, to be kept by you as holy days of worship, for making an offering by fire to the Lord; a burned offering, a meal offering, an offering of beasts, and drink offerings; every one on its special day; 38 In addition to the Sabbaths of the Lord, and in addition to the things you give and the oaths you make and the free offerings to the Lord. 39 But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have got in all the fruits of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord for seven days: the first day will be a Sabbath, and the eighth day the same. 40 On the first day, take the fruit of fair trees, branches of palm-trees, and branches of thick trees and trees from the riverside, and be glad before the Lord for seven days. 41 And let this feast be kept before the Lord for seven days in the year: it is a rule for ever from generation to generation; in the seventh month let it be kept. 42 For seven days you will be living in tents; all those who are Israelites by birth are to make tents their living-places:
  • Num 29:12-38 : 12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month let there be a holy meeting; do no field-work, and keep a feast to the Lord for seven days; 13 And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, thirteen oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, all without any mark on them; 14 And their meal offering, the best meal mixed with oil, three tenth parts for every one of the thirteen oxen, two tenth parts for every male sheep, 15 And a separate tenth part for every one of the fourteen lambs; 16 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. 17 On the second day of the feast give an offering of twelve oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark on them; 18 And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen and the sheep and the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 19 And one he-goat for a sin-offering in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and their drink offerings. 20 And on the third day eleven oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark; 21 And their meal offering and drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 22 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. 23 And on the fourth day ten oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark: 24 And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered. 25 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. 26 And on the fifth day nine oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark: 27 And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 28 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. 29 And on the sixth day eight oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark: 30 And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 31 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, its meal offering, and its drink offerings. 32 And on the seventh day seven oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark: 33 And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 34 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering. 35 On the eighth day let there be a holy meeting: you may do no field-work; 36 And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord: one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark: 37 With the meal offering and the drink offerings for the ox, the male sheep, and the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 38 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering.

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    7 It is to be cooked and taken as food in the place marked out by the Lord: and in the morning you are to go back to your tents.

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    39 But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have got in all the fruits of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord for seven days: the first day will be a Sabbath, and the eighth day the same.

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    25 Then on the seventh day there will be a holy meeting; you may do no field-work.

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    2 Say to the children of Israel, These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, which you will keep for holy meetings: these are my feasts.

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