Deuteronomy 16:9-12

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The Feast of Weeks

⁹ Count seven weeks from the time you ·begin to harvest [^Lput the sickle to] the grain, ¹⁰ and then celebrate the ·Feast [Festival] of Weeks for the Lord your God [Ex. 23:16; 34:22; Lev. 23:9–21; Num. 28:26–31]. Bring an offering as a special gift to him, giving to him just as he has blessed you. ¹¹ Rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose to ·be worshiped [^Lcause his name to dwell there; 12:4–7]. Everybody should rejoice: you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your ·town [^Lgates], the ·strangers [resident aliens], orphans, and widows living among you. ¹² Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully obey all these ·laws [statutes; ordinances; requirements].