Deuteronomy 16:4-14 (New International Version)
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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 evening1 of the first day remain until morning.2
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You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the LORD your God gives you
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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 anniversarya3 of your departure from Egypt.
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Roast4 it and eat it at the place the LORD your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.
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For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly5 to the LORD your God and do no work.6
Feast of Weeks
16:9-12pp -- Lev 23:15-22; Nu 28:26-31
9 Count off seven weeks7 from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.8 10 Then celebrate the Feast 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 rejoice9 before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name10--you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, the Levites11 in your towns, and the aliens,12 the fatherless and the widows living among you.13 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt,14 and follow carefully these decrees.Feast of Tabernacles
16:13-17pp -- Lev 23:33-43; Nu 29:12-39
13 Celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor15 and your winepress.16 14 Be joyful17 at your Feast--you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levites, the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online)
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