1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover unto the LORD your God: for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.
2You shall therefore sacrifice the Passover unto the LORD your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place His name.
3You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread with it, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste, that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
4And there shall be no leavened bread seen with you in all your border seven days; nor shall anything of its flesh, which you sacrificed the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.
5You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates, which the LORD your God gives you:
6But at the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place His name, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.
7And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents.
8Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God; you shall do no work therein.
9Seven weeks shall you number to you: begin numbering the seven weeks from such time as you begin to put the sickle to the grain.
10And you shall keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give unto the LORD your God, according as the LORD your God has blessed you:
11And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, your daughter, your manservant, your maidservant, the Levite that is within your gates, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD your God has chosen to place His name.
12And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.
13You shall observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after you have gathered in your grain and your wine:
14And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, your daughter, your manservant, your maidservant, the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that are within your gates.
15Seven days shall you keep a solemn feast unto the LORD your God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD your God shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.
16Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place which He shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given him.
18Judges and officers shall you appoint in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
19You shall not distort justice; you shall not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
20That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.
21You shall not plant a grove of any trees near the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make.
22Neither shall you set you up any image; which the LORD your God hates. Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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