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16 "Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.
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Three times a year all your men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed:
17 "Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.
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Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the LORD your God has blessed you.
18 "You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
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Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the LORD your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.
19 "You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial , and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.
20 "Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, that you may live and possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
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Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you.
21 "You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself.
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Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to the LORD your God,
22 "You shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar which the LORD your God hates.
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and do not erect a sacred stone, for these the LORD your God hates.
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