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Deuteronomy 16:1-17

Listen to Deuteronomy 16:1-17

Passover

1 “Observe the 1month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for 2in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
2 And you shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God, from the flock or 3the herd, 4at the place that the Lord will choose, to make his name dwell there.
3 You shall eat no leavened bread with it. 5Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction—for you came out of the land of Egypt 6in haste—that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.
4 7No leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory for seven days, 8nor shall any of the flesh that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain all night until morning.
5 You may not offer the Passover sacrifice within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you,
6 but at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell in it, there you shall offer the Passover sacrifice, in the evening at sunset, at the time you came out of Egypt.
7 And you shall cook it and eat it at the place that the Lord your God will choose. And in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents.
8 For 9six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be 10a solemn assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.

The Feast of Weeks

9 11“You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.
10 Then you shall keep 12the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with 13the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give 14as the Lord your God blesses you.
11 And 15you 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 towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.
12 16You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.

The Feast of Booths

13 17“You shall keep the Feast of Booths seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your winepress.
14 18You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns.
15 For 19seven days you shall keep the feast to the Lord your God at the place that the Lord will choose, 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.
16 20“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. 21They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.
17 Every man 22shall give as he is able, 23according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

Deuteronomy 16:1-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 16

This chapter treats of the three grand yearly festivals, of the feast of passover, when, where, and what was to be sacrificed, how to be dressed, and in what manner to be eaten, De 16:1-8, of the feast of pentecost, when to begin it, where and how it was to be observed, De 16:9-12, and of the feast of tabernacles, when, where, and how long it was to be kept, De 16:13-15, which three times in the year all the males were to appear before the Lord, and not empty, De 16:16,17, an order is given for the appointment of judges in the land, to execute judgment, De 16:18-20, and the chapter is closed with a caution against planting groves, and setting up images, De 16:21,22.

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Cross References 23

  • 1. 16:1 For ver. 1-8, see Ex. 12:2-39
  • 2. 16:1 Ex. 13:4; 34:18
  • 3. 16:2 Num. 28:19
  • 4. 16:2 See ch. 12:5
  • 5. 16:3 Ex. 13:6
  • 6. 16:3 Ex. 12:11; [Isa. 52:12]
  • 7. 16:4 Ex. 13:7
  • 8. 16:4 Ex. 34:25
  • 9. 16:8 [Ex. 13:6]
  • 10. 16:8 Lev. 23:8, 36
  • 11. 16:9 Ex. 23:16; 34:22; Lev. 23:15; Num. 28:26; [Acts 2:1]
  • 12. 16:10 2 Chr. 8:13
  • 13. 16:10 See ch. 26:1-11
  • 14. 16:10 ch. 12:15; [1 Cor. 16:2]
  • 15. 16:11 ch. 12:7, 12, 18; 14:26; See Neh. 8:9-12
  • 16. 16:12 See ch. 5:15
  • 17. 16:13 Ex. 23:16; See Lev. 23:34
  • 18. 16:14 ver. 11; See Neh. 8:9-12
  • 19. 16:15 Lev. 23:39
  • 20. 16:16 ch. 31:11; Ex. 23:14, 17; 34:23
  • 21. 16:16 Ex. 23:15
  • 22. 16:17 [Ezek. 46:5, 11; 2 Cor. 8:12]
  • 23. 16:17 [See ver. 10 above]
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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