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Deuteronomy 16
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Chapter 16

Feast of the Passover.[a] 1 Observe the month of Abib,[b] and celebrate the Passover of the Lord, your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord, your God, brought you forth from Egypt during the night. 2 Make a Passover sacrifice from your flock or your herd to the Lord, your God, in the place where the Lord has chosen to place his name. 3 Do not eat leavened bread, but eat unleavened bread for seven days. This is the bread of affliction, for you had to leave the land of Egypt in haste. Thus, all of your life you will remember the day that you came forth from Egypt. 4 There should be no leavened bread in your entire land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat of the sacrifice that was made on the first evening remain until the next morning. 5 [c]You are not to make the Passover sacrifice in any of the towns that the Lord, your God, has given you. 6 Do it only in the place that the Lord, your God, has chosen to place his name. You will make the Passover sacrifice in the evening, when the sun goes down, at the time when you went forth out of Egypt. 7 Roast the lamb and eat it in the place that the Lord, your God, will choose. Then, in the morning, return to your homes. 8 For six days you are to eat unleavened bread. Then, on the seventh day, you will hold a solemn assembly to the Lord, your God, and you are to do no heavy labor.

Feast of Weeks. 9 Count off seven weeks from the time that you put the sickle to the standing grain. You are to count off seven weeks, 10 and then you will celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the Lord, your God, making a freewill offering in proportion to how much the Lord, your God, has blessed you. 11 You and your son and your daughter, your manservant and your maidservant, the Levite who lives in your town, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow are all to rejoice in the place that the Lord, your God, has chosen to place his name. 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and carefully observe these statutes.

13 Feast of Booths. Celebrate the Feast of Booths for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. 14 Be joyful at the feast, you and your son and your daughter, your manservant and your maidservant, as well as the Levite, the orphans, and the widows who live in your town. 15 For seven days you are to celebrate the feast to the Lord, your God, in the place that the Lord will choose, for the Lord, your God, has blessed you with all your harvest and all of the works of your hands. Therefore, you must surely rejoice.

16 Three times a year all of your men must appear before the Lord, your God, in the place that he will choose: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths. You are not to appear before the Lord empty-handed. 17 Each of you is to bring a gift that is proportionate to how much the Lord, your God, has blessed you.

18 Justice.[d]Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town that the Lord, your God, gives you. They are to judge the people fairly. 19 Do not pervert justice nor show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. 20 Seek justice, so that you may live in and inherit the land that the Lord, your God, has given you.

21 False Worship. Do not plant any sacred grove beside the altar that you will build to the Lord, your God. 22 Do not set up any sacred pillar, for the Lord, your God, hates these things.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:1 The three annual pilgrimages which bring all the people together at the sanctuary are a high point in the liturgical life of Israel. The Feast of Weeks (later called the Feast of Pentecost) and the Feast of Tabernacles are agricultural festivals at which God is thanked for his blessings, whereas Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (now combined into one) commemorate the deliverance from Egypt (Ex 12:1-20; 13:6-7; 23:15; 34:25; Lev 23).
  2. Deuteronomy 16:1 Abib: the month of “the spikes [of grain],” corresponds to March–April.
  3. Deuteronomy 16:5 The celebration of Passover at the sanctuary and not in the family home is a deuteronomic innovation that would be preserved only among the Samaritans.
  4. Deuteronomy 16:18 The institutions that used to protect the life of Israel as a nation have now disappeared, but the spirit with which Deuteronomy tries to inspire them has not lost any of its value: the people of God will always be obligated to live the covenant in the setting of a concrete human society.
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Deuteronomio 16
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Fiesta de la Pascua

16 »Observarás el mes de Abib(A) y celebrarás[a] la Pascua al Señor(B) tu Dios, porque en el mes de Abib el Señor tu Dios te sacó de Egipto de noche. 2 Sacrificarás la Pascua al Señor tu Dios con ofrendas de tus rebaños y de tus manadas, en el lugar que el Señor escoja para poner allí Su nombre. 3 No comerás la Pascua con[b] pan con levadura. Siete días comerás con ella pan sin levadura(C), pan de aflicción (porque aprisa saliste de la tierra de Egipto), para que recuerdes todos los días de tu vida(D) el día que saliste de la tierra de Egipto. 4 Durante siete días no se verá contigo levadura en todo tu territorio. De la carne que sacrifiques en la tarde del primer día, no quedará nada para la mañana siguiente(E).

5 »No podrás sacrificar la Pascua en cualquiera de las ciudades[c] que el Señor tu Dios te da, 6 sino que en el lugar que el Señor tu Dios escoja para poner allí Su nombre(F), sacrificarás la Pascua al atardecer, al ponerse el sol, a la hora en que saliste de Egipto. 7 La asarás y la comerás(G) en el lugar que el Señor tu Dios escoja. Luego, por la mañana, regresarás a tu habitación. 8 Seis días comerás pan sin levadura, y en el séptimo día habrá una asamblea solemne para el Señor tu Dios(H). Ningún trabajo harás(I) en él.

Fiesta de las Semanas

9 »(J)Vas a contar siete semanas. Comenzarás a contar siete semanas desde el momento en que empieces a meter la hoz a la cosecha. 10 Entonces celebrarás[d] la Fiesta de las Semanas al Señor tu Dios con el tributo de una ofrenda voluntaria de tu mano, la cual darás según el Señor tu Dios te haya bendecido. 11 Y te alegrarás delante del Señor tu Dios(K), tú, tu hijo, tu hija, tu siervo, tu sierva, el levita que habita en tus ciudades(L), y el extranjero, el huérfano y la viuda que están en medio de ti(M), en el lugar donde el Señor tu Dios escoja para poner allí Su nombre. 12 Te acordarás de que fuiste esclavo en Egipto(N); cuídate de guardar estos estatutos.

Fiesta de los Tabernáculos

13 »(O)Durante siete días celebrarás[e] la Fiesta de los Tabernáculos[f], cuando hayas recogido el producto de tu era y de tu lagar. 14 Y te alegrarás en tu fiesta, tú, con tu hijo y tu hija, tu siervo y tu sierva, el levita y el extranjero, el huérfano y la viuda que están en tus ciudades(P). 15 Siete días celebrarás fiesta al Señor tu Dios en el lugar que escoja el Señor; porque el Señor tu Dios te bendecirá en todos tus productos y en toda la obra de tus manos; por tanto, estarás realmente alegre. 16 Tres veces al año se presentarán todos tus varones delante del Señor tu Dios en el lugar que Él escoja: en la Fiesta de los Panes sin Levadura(Q), en la Fiesta de las Semanas y en la Fiesta de los Tabernáculos[g]; y no se presentarán con las manos vacías delante del Señor(R). 17 Cada hombre dará lo que pueda[h], de acuerdo con la bendición que el Señor tu Dios te haya dado.

Administración de la justicia

18 »Nombrarás jueces y oficiales en todas las ciudades que el Señor tu Dios te da, según tus tribus, y ellos juzgarán al pueblo con justo juicio. 19 No torcerás la justicia(S); no harás acepción de personas, ni tomarás soborno(T), porque el soborno ciega los ojos del sabio y pervierte las palabras del justo(U). 20 La justicia, y solo la justicia buscarás, para que vivas y poseas la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da(V).

21 »No plantarás para ti Asera[i](W) de ninguna clase de árbol junto al altar del Señor tu Dios que harás para ti. 22 Ni levantarás para ti pilar sagrado(X), lo cual aborrece el Señor tu Dios.

Footnotes

  1. 16:1 Lit. harás.
  2. 16:3 I.e. la víctima sacrificada.
  3. 16:5 Lit. tus puertas, y así en el resto del cap.
  4. 16:10 Lit. harás.
  5. 16:13 Lit. harás.
  6. 16:13 O de las enramadas, o de las tiendas.
  7. 16:16 O de las enramadas, o de las tiendas.
  8. 16:17 Lit. conforme a la dádiva de su mano.
  9. 16:21 I.e. ídolo.
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The Passover(A)

16 Observe the month of Aviv(B) and celebrate the Passover(C) of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 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.(D) 3 Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction,(E) because you left Egypt in haste(F)—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.(G) 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(H) of the first day remain until morning.(I)

5 You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you 6 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[a](J) of your departure from Egypt. 7 Roast(K) 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 unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly(L) to the Lord your God and do no work.(M)

The Festival of Weeks(N)

9 Count off seven weeks(O) from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.(P) 10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you. 11 And rejoice(Q) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name(R)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites(S) in your towns, and the foreigners,(T) the fatherless and the widows living among you.(U) 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt,(V) and follow carefully these decrees.

The Festival of Tabernacles(W)

13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor(X) and your winepress.(Y) 14 Be joyful(Z) at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. 15 For seven days celebrate the festival to the 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(AA) will be complete.

16 Three times a year all your men must appear(AB) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(AC) the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles.(AD) No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed:(AE) 17 Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

Judges

18 Appoint judges(AF) and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.(AG) 19 Do not pervert justice(AH) or show partiality.(AI) Do not accept a bribe,(AJ) for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent. 20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Worshiping Other Gods

21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole(AK) beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,(AL) 22 and do not erect a sacred stone,(AM) for these the Lord your God hates.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:6 Or down, at the time of day
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The Passover Reviewed(A)

16 “Observe the (B)month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for (C)in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and (D)the herd, in the (E)place where the Lord chooses to put His name. 3 You shall eat no leavened bread with it; (F)seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, that is, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), that you may (G)remember the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. 4 (H)And no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the meat which you sacrifice the first day at twilight remain overnight until (I)morning.

5 “You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you; 6 but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover (J)at twilight, at the going down of the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt. 7 And you shall roast and eat it (K)in the place which the Lord your God chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. 8 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and (L)on the seventh day there shall be a [a]sacred assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.

The Feast of Weeks Reviewed(M)

9 “You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain. 10 Then you shall keep the (N)Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give (O)as the Lord your God blesses you. 11 (P)You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. 12 (Q)And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.

The Feast of Tabernacles Reviewed(R)

13 (S)“You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress. 14 And (T)you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your [b]gates. 15 (U)Seven days you shall keep a sacred 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 surely rejoice.

16 (V)“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and (W)they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. 17 Every man shall give as he is able, (X)according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.

Justice Must Be Administered

18 “You shall appoint (Y)judges and officers in all your [c]gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 (Z)You shall not pervert justice; (AA)you shall not [d]show partiality, (AB)nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and [e]twists the words of the righteous. 20 You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may (AC)live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

21 (AD)“You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a [f]wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the Lord your God. 22 (AE)You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:8 Lit. restraint
  2. Deuteronomy 16:14 towns
  3. Deuteronomy 16:18 towns
  4. Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit. regard faces
  5. Deuteronomy 16:19 perverts
  6. Deuteronomy 16:21 Or Asherah
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