Passover
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Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover of the LORD your God,
because in the month of Abib he brought you out of Egypt by night.
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Sacrifice as the Passover to the LORD your God an animal from your
flock or herd at the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for his Name.
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Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unlevened
bread, the bread of afflicltion because you left Egypt in haste - so that all
the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.
4
Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days.
Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of
the first day remain until morning.
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You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the LORD your God gives you
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except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name.
There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening,
when the sun goes down, on the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.
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Roast it and eat it at the place the LORD your God will choose.
Then in the morning return to your tents.
8
For six days eat unleaved bread and on the seventh day hold
an assembly to the LORD your God and do no work.
Feast of Weeks
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Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle
to the standing grain.
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Then celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God by givings a free will
offering in proportion to the blessings the LORD your God has given you.
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And rejoice before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling
for his Name - you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants,
the Levites in your towns, and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows living
among you.
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Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.
Feast of Tabernacles
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Ceebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered
the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
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Be joyful at your Feast - you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and
maidservants, and the Levites, the aliens, the fatherless and the widows
who live in your towns.
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For seven days celebrate the Feast to yhe LORD your God at the place the LORD
will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in
all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.
16
Three times a year all your men must appear before the LORD your God
at the place he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks
and the Feast of Tabernacles. No man should appear before the LORD empty-handed:
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Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way
the LORD your God has blessed you.
Judges
18
Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the LORD
your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.
19
Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe
blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
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Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live
and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Worshiping Other Gods
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Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar
you build to the LORD your God,
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and do not erect a sacred stone, for these the LORD your God hates.
