Chapter 16

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GUARD the month of Aviyv, and keep the Pecach unto Yahuah Elohayka: for in the month of Aviyv Yahuah Elohayka brought you forth out of Mitsrayim by night.

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You shall therefore sacrifice the Pecach unto Yahuah Elohayka, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahuah shall choose to place his name there.

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You shall eat no chamets with it; seven days shall you eat matstsah therewith, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Mitsrayim in haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Mitsrayim all the days of your life.

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And there shall be no chamets seen with you in all your coast seven days; neither shall there anything of the flesh, which you sacrificed the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.

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You may not sacrifice the Pecach within any of your gates, which Yahuah Elohayka gives you:

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But at the place which Yahuah Elohayka shall choose to place his name in, there you shall sacrifice the Pecach at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Mitsrayim.

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And you shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahuah Elohayka shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go unto your tents.

8

Six days you shall eat matstsah: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahuah Elohayka: you shall do no work therein.

9

Seven weeks shall you number unto you: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as you begin to put the sickle to the grain.

10

And you shall keep the Feast of Shavu'oth unto Yahuah Elohayka with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give unto Yahuah Elohayka, according as Yahuah Elohayka has blessed you:

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And you shall rejoice before Yahuah Elohayka, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Leviyiy that is within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which Yahuah Elohayka has chosen to place his name there.

12

And you shall remember that you were a bondman in Mitsrayim: and you shall guard and do these statutes.

13

You shall observe the Feast of Cukkoth seven days, after that you have gathered in your threshingfloor and your wine:

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And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Leviyiy, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within your gates.

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Seven days shall you keep a solemn feast unto Yahuah Elohayka in the place which Yahuah shall choose: because Yahuah Elohayka shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.

16

Three times in a year shall all your males appear before Yahuah Elohayka in the place which he shall choose; in the Feast of Matstsah, and in the Feast of Shavu'oth, and in the Feast of Cukkoth: and they shall not appear before Yahuah empty:

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Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahuah Elohayka which he has given you.

18

Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which Yahuah Elohayka gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

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You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

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That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahuah Elohayka gives you.

21

You shall not plant an asherah pole of any trees near unto the altar of Yahuah Elohayka, which you shall make.

22

Neither shall you set up any image; which Yahuah Elohayka hates.



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