Hebrew Names Version HNV
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15 Seven days shall you keep a feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD shall choose; because the LORD your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.
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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 will be complete.
16 Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of matzah, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
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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 Shofetim and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives 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 wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert 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 That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives 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 you an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make you.
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Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to the LORD your God,
22 Neither shall you set yourself up a 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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