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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Deuteronomy 16 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/deuteronomy/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/deuteronomy/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > Deuteronomy 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../deuteronomy/15.htm" title="Deuteronomy 15">◄</a> Deuteronomy 16 <a href="../deuteronomy/17.htm" title="Deuteronomy 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch05016" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn05016" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Feast of the Passover.</span> <span id="v05016001" class="ver">1</span>Observe the month of Abib<a id="rfn05016001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05016001-1">*</a> by keeping the Passover of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God,<a id="ren05016001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016001-a">a</a> since it was in the month of Abib that the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, brought you out of Egypt by night. <span id="v05016002" class="ver">2</span>You shall offer the Passover sacrifice from your flock and your herd to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, in the place the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will choose as the dwelling place of his name.<a id="ren05016002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016002-b">b</a> <span id="v05016003" class="ver">3</span><a id="ren05016003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016003-c">c</a> You shall not eat leavened bread with it. For seven days you shall eat with it only unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, so that you may remember as long as you live the day you left the land of Egypt; for in hurried flight you left the land of Egypt. <span id="v05016004" class="ver">4</span>No leaven is to be found with you in all your territory for seven days, and none of the meat which you sacrificed on the evening of the first day shall be kept overnight for the next day.</p> <p><span id="v05016005" class="ver">5</span>You may not sacrifice the Passover in any of the communities which the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, gives you; <span id="v05016006" class="ver">6</span>only at the place which the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, will choose as the dwelling place of his name, and in the evening at sunset, at the very time when you left Egypt, shall you sacrifice the Passover.<a id="ren05016006-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016006-d">d</a> <span id="v05016007" class="ver">7</span>You shall cook and eat it at the place the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, will choose; then in the morning you may return to your tents. <span id="v05016008" class="ver">8</span>For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly for the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God; on that day you shall do no work.<a id="ren05016008-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016008-e">e</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Feast of Weeks.</span> <span id="v05016009" class="ver">9</span><a id="ren05016009-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016009-f">f</a> You shall count off seven weeks; begin to count the seven weeks from the day when the sickle is first put to the standing grain. <span id="v05016010" class="ver">10</span>You shall then keep the feast of Weeks<a id="rfn05016010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05016010-1">*</a> for the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, and the measure of your own voluntary offering which you will give shall be in proportion to the blessing the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, has given you. <span id="v05016011" class="ver">11</span>You shall rejoice in the presence of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, together with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow among you, in the place which the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, will choose as the dwelling place of his name.<a id="ren05016011-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016011-g">g</a> <span id="v05016012" class="ver">12</span>Remember that you too were slaves in Egypt, so carry out these statutes carefully.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Feast of Booths.</span> <span id="v05016013" class="ver">13</span><a id="ren05016013-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016013-h">h</a> You shall celebrate the feast of Booths<a id="rfn05016013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05016013-1">*</a> for seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and wine press. <span id="v05016014" class="ver">14</span>You shall rejoice at your feast,<a id="ren05016014-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016014-i">i</a> together with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and also the Levite, the resident alien, the orphan and the widow within your gates. <span id="v05016015" class="ver">15</span>For seven days you shall celebrate this feast for the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, in the place which the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will choose; since the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, has blessed you in all your crops and in all your undertakings, you will be full of joy.</p> <p><span id="v05016016" class="ver">16</span>Three times a year,<a id="ren05016016-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016016-j">j</a> then, all your males shall appear before the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, in the place which he will choose: at the feast of Unleavened Bread, at the feast of Weeks, and at the feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> empty-handed, <span id="v05016017" class="ver">17</span>but each with his own gift, in proportion to the blessing which the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, has given to you.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Justice.</span> <span id="v05016018" class="ver">18</span><a id="ren05016018-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016018-k">k</a> In all the communities which the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, is giving you, you shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes to administer true justice for the people. <span id="v05016019" class="ver">19</span>You must not distort justice: you shall not show partiality;<a id="ren05016019-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016019-l">l</a> you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes even of the wise and twists the words even of the just. <span id="v05016020" class="ver">20</span>Justice, justice alone shall you pursue, so that you may live and possess the land the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, is giving you.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Illicit Worship.</span> <span id="v05016021" class="ver">21</span><a id="ren05016021-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016021-m">m</a> You shall not plant an asherah<a id="rfn05016021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05016021-1">*</a> of any kind of wood next to the altar of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, which you will build;<a id="ren05016021-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05016021-n">n</a> <span id="v05016022" class="ver">22</span>nor shall you erect a sacred pillar, such as the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, hates.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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