📖 Deuteronomy — Chapter 16 (KJV)
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Deuteronomy 16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: Rfor in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
Deuteronomy 16:2 Thou shalt therefore Rsacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
Deuteronomy 16:3 Thou shalt Reat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
Deuteronomy 16:4 And Rthere shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
Deuteronomy 16:5 Thou mayest not RTsacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
Deuteronomy 16:6 But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover Rat even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 16:7 And thou shalt Rroast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
Deuteronomy 16:8 RSix days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a Tsolemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
Deuteronomy 16:9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
Deuteronomy 16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with RTa tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
Deuteronomy 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
Deuteronomy 16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Deuteronomy 16:13 Thou shalt observe Rthe feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy Tcorn and thy wine:
Deuteronomy 16:14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
Deuteronomy 16:15 RSeven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
Deuteronomy 16:16 RThree times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
Deuteronomy 16:17 Every man shall give RTas he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
Deuteronomy 16:18 RJudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Deuteronomy 16:19 Thou shalt not Rwrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the Twords of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 16:20 RTThat which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Deuteronomy 16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any RTimage; which the LORD thy God hateth.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 16:1–8 — Passover and unleavened bread
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Israel is to remember the departure from Egypt through Passover and the eating of unleavened bread. The sacrifice is directed to the place the LORD chooses, linking remembrance with ordered worship.
Key Truth: Passover keeps Israel's deliverance from Egypt before the people.
Check What You Remember
1. What month is named for observing Passover? (Deuteronomy 16:1)
Find it in Deuteronomy 16:1 (KJV).
2. How many days were they to eat unleavened bread? (Deuteronomy 16:3)
Find it in Deuteronomy 16:3 (KJV).
3. How is unleavened bread described? (Deuteronomy 16:3)
Find it in Deuteronomy 16:3 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 16:9–17 — Weeks, tabernacles, and shared rejoicing
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The feasts call Israel to give in keeping with the LORD's blessing and to rejoice with household members and vulnerable neighbors. Three annual appearances before the LORD join remembrance, thanksgiving, and generosity.
Key Truth: Rejoicing before God includes others and responds to his provision.
Check What You Remember
1. How many weeks were to be counted for the feast of weeks? (Deuteronomy 16:9)
Find it in Deuteronomy 16:9 (KJV).
2. How many days was the feast of tabernacles observed? (Deuteronomy 16:13)
Find it in Deuteronomy 16:13 (KJV).
3. How many times each year should all the males appear before the LORD? (Deuteronomy 16:16)
Find it in Deuteronomy 16:16 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 16:18–22 — Judges and righteous judgment
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Judges and officers are to judge with righteousness, without favoritism or gifts that distort judgment. The prohibition on idolatrous objects beside the altar concludes these instructions about ordered life before the LORD.
Key Truth: Justice must resist bribery and partiality.
Check What You Remember
1. What two kinds of officials were to be appointed in the gates? (Deuteronomy 16:18)
Find it in Deuteronomy 16:18 (KJV).
2. What can blind the eyes of the wise and pervert the words of the righteous? (Deuteronomy 16:19)
Find it in Deuteronomy 16:19 (KJV).
3. What were Israel's judges told to follow? (Deuteronomy 16:20)
Find it in Deuteronomy 16:20 (KJV).
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. What remembrance is served by the unleavened bread instruction?
2. How do ability and the LORD’s blessing shape feast gifts?
3. What recurring inclusion marks rejoicing at weeks and tabernacles?
4. What explains rejecting gifts in judgment?
5. How does the chapter connect just judgment with life in the land?
Notes
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