1 “ 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.

“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.

2 G ive 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.

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.

3 D o 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.

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.

4 F or 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.

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.

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

“You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you;

6 B ut 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.

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.

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

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.

8 F or 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

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. The Feast of Weeks Reviewed

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

“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.

10 T hen 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.

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.

11 B e 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.

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.

12 R emember that you were servants in Egypt. And be careful to obey these Laws.

And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. The Feast of Tabernacles Reviewed

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

“You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress.

14 B e 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.

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.

15 S even 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.

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.

16 A ll 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.

“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.

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

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you. Justice Must Be Administered

18 “ 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.

“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.

19 B e 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.

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.

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

You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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

“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.

22 D o not set up for yourself a pillar for worship that the Lord your God hates.

You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.