1 O bserve 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.

“Remember the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God. For the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt during the night in the month of Abib.

2 Y ou shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God from the flock or the herd in the place where the Lord will choose to make His Name dwell.

Give the Passover gift to the Lord your God from the flock and the cattle, in the place where the Lord chooses to put His name.

3 Y ou shall eat no leavened bread with it; for seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction—for you fled from the land of Egypt in haste—that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of Egypt.

Do not eat bread made with yeast. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, the bread of sorrow, because you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry. So all the days of your life you will remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.

4 N o leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory for seven days; nor shall any of the flesh which you sacrificed the first day at evening be left all night until the morning.

For seven days there is to be no yeast around in all your land. And none of the flesh you give in worship on the evening of the first day will be kept through the night until morning.

5 Y ou may not offer the Passover sacrifice within any of your towns which the Lord your God gives you,

You are not allowed to give the Passover gift in any of your towns the Lord your God gives you.

6 B ut at the place which the Lord your God will choose in which to make His Name dwell, there you shall offer the Passover sacrifice in the evening at sunset, at the season that you came out of Egypt.

But give it at the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name. You must kill the Passover gift in the evening when the sun goes down, at the time that you came out of Egypt.

7 A nd you shall roast or boil and eat it in the place which the Lord your God will choose. And in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents.

Make it ready and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses. Then return to your tents in the morning.

8 F or six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God; you shall do no work on it.

For six days eat bread made without yeast. On the seventh day there will be a holy meeting to the Lord your God. Do no work on this day. The Supper of Weeks

9 Y ou shall count seven weeks; begin to number the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.

“Number seven weeks. Begin to number seven weeks from the time you begin to cut the standing grain.

10 T hen you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give to the Lord your God, as the Lord your God blesses you.

Then keep the Special Supper of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a free-will gift. Give as the Lord your God has given to you.

11 A nd you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and daughter, your manservant and maidservant, and the Levite who is within your towns, the stranger or temporary resident, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place in which the Lord your God chooses to make His Name dwell.

Be full of joy before the Lord your God, you and your son and daughter, your men and women servants, the Levite who is in your town, the stranger, the child whose parents have died, and the woman whose husband has died. Be full of joy in the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name.

12 A nd you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be watchful and obey these statutes.

Remember that you were servants in Egypt. And be careful to obey these Laws.

13 Y ou shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths for seven days after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and wine vat.

“Keep the Special Supper of Tents seven days after you have gathered your grain and wine.

14 Y ou shall rejoice in your Feast, you, your son and daughter, your manservant and maidservant, the Levite, the transient and the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns.

Be full of joy during your special supper, you and your son and daughter, your men and women servants, the Levite, the stranger, the child whose parents have died, and the woman whose husband has died, who are in your towns.

15 F or seven days you shall keep a solemn 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 works of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.

Seven days you will have a special supper to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses. You will be full of joy because the Lord your God will bring good to you in all the food you grow and in all the work you do.

16 T hree times a year shall all your males 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 or Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed:

All your males must show themselves before the Lord your God three times a year in the place He chooses, at the Special Supper of Bread Without Yeast, the Special Supper of the First Fruits of the Land, and the Special Supper of Tents. They must not show themselves before the Lord with nothing in their hands.

17 E very man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.

Every man should give as he is able, as the Lord your God has given to you. Those Who Judge

18 Y ou shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

“Choose judges and other leaders for all your towns the Lord your God is giving you, among each of your family groups. They must be wise in judging the people.

19 Y ou shall not misinterpret or misapply judgment; you shall not be partial, or take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Be fair and do not show favor. Do not take pay in secret for doing wrong. Such pay blinds the eyes of the wise and causes them to change the words of a good man.

20 F ollow what is altogether just (uncompromisingly righteous), that you may live and inherit the land which your God gives you.

Follow what is right, and only what is right. Then you will live and receive the land the Lord your God is giving you.

21 Y ou shall not plant for yourselves any kind of tree dedicated to Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God which you shall make.

“When you make an altar for the Lord your God, do not put beside it a wooden god like the false goddess Asherah.

22 N either shall you set up an idolatrous stone or image, which the Lord your God hates.

Do not set up for yourself a pillar for worship that the Lord your God hates.