"Observe athe month
of Abib
and 1 bcelebrate
the Passover
to the LORD
your God
, for in the month
of Abib
the LORD
your God
brought
you out of Egypt
by night
.
"You shall sacrifice the Passover
to the LORD
your God
from the flock
and the herd
, in the place
where
the LORD
chooses
to establish
His name
.
" aYou shall not eat leavened
bread
with it; seven
days
you shall eat
with it unleavened
bread
, the bread
of affliction
(for you came
out of the land
of Egypt
in haste
), so
that you may remember
ball
the days
of your life
the day
when you came
out of the land
of Egypt
.
"For seven days
no
leaven
shall be seen
with you in all
your territory
, and anone
of the flesh
which
you sacrifice
on the evening
of the first
day
shall remain
overnight
until morning
.
"You are not allowed to sacrifice
the Passover
in any
of your 1towns
which
the LORD
your God
is giving
you;
but aat the place where
the LORD
your God
chooses
to establish
His name
, you shall sacrifice
the Passover
in the evening
at sunset
, at the time
that you came
out of Egypt
.
"You shall acook and eat
it in the place
which
the LORD
your God
chooses
. In the morning
you are to return
to your tents
.
"Six days
you shall eat
unleavened
bread
, and aon the seventh
day
there shall be ba solemn
assembly
to the LORD
your God
; you shall do
no
work
on it.
" aYou shall count seven
weeks
for yourself; you shall begin
to count
seven
weeks
from the time you begin
to put the sickle
to the standing
grain
.
"Then you shall 1celebrate the Feast
of Weeks
to the LORD
your God
with a tribute
of a freewill
offering
of your hand
, which
you shall give
just
as the LORD
your God
blesses
you;
and you shall arejoice before
the LORD
your God
, you and your son
and your daughter
and your male
and female
servants
and bthe Levite
who
is in your 1town
, and cthe stranger
and the 2orphan
and the widow
who
are in your midst
, in the place
where
the LORD
your God
chooses
to establish
His name
.
" aYou shall remember that you were a slave
in Egypt
, and you shall be careful
to observe
these
statutes
.
" aYou shall 1celebrate the Feast
of Booths
seven
days
after you have gathered
in from your threshing
floor
and your wine
vat
;
and you shall arejoice in your feast
, you and your son
and your daughter
and your male
and female
servants
and the Levite
and the stranger
and the 1orphan
and the widow
who
are in your 2towns
.
"Seven days
you shall celebrate
a 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 will be altogether
joyful
.
" aThree times
in a year
all
your males
shall appear
before
the LORD
your God
in the place
which
He chooses
, at the Feast
of Unleavened
Bread
and at the Feast
of Weeks
and at the Feast
of Booths
, and bthey shall not appear
before
the LORD
empty-handed
.
"Every man
1shall give
as he is able
, according to the blessing
of the LORD
your God
which
He has given
you.
"You shall appoint for yourself judges
and officers
in all
your 1towns
which
the LORD
your God
is giving
you, according to your tribes
, and they shall judge
the people
with righteous
judgment
.
" aYou shall not distort justice
; byou shall not 1be partial
, and cyou shall not take
a bribe
, for a bribe
blinds
the eyes
of the wise
and perverts
the words
of the righteous
.
"Justice, and only justice
, you shall pursue
, that ayou may live
and possess
the land
which
the LORD
your God
is giving
you.
" aYou shall not plant for yourself an 1Asherah
of any
kind of tree
beside
the altar
of the LORD
your God
, which
you shall make
for yourself.
" aYou shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar
which
the LORD
your God
hates
.