Deuteronomy · JPS Tanakh (1917)
Deuteronomy 16 JPS Tanakh (1917)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Notes on this text (1)
- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God; for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
2 And thou shalt sacrifice the passover-offering unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to cause His name to dwell there.
2 You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for in haste didst thou come forth out of the land of Egypt; that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
3 You shall eat no leavened bread with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with it seven days, even the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste) that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
4 And there shall be no leaven seen with thee in all they borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which thou sacrificest the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
4 No yeast shall be seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the meat, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.
5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover-offering within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee;
5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you;
6 but at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover-offering at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
6 but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt.
7 And thou shalt roast 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.
7 You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God chooses. In the morning you shall return to your tents.
8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God; thou shalt do no work therein.
8 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God. You shall do no work.
9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee; from the time the sickle is first put to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.
9 You shall count for yourselves seven weeks. From the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to count seven weeks.
10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God after the measure of the freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as the LORD thy God blesseth thee.
10 You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a free will offering of your hand, which you shall give according to how Yahweh your God blesses you.
11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within they gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there.
11 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt; and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
12 You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt. You shall observe and do these statutes.
13 Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress.
13 You shall keep the feast of booths seven days, after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your wine press.
14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
14 You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates.
15 Seven days shalt thou keep a 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 work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful.
15 You shall keep a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in the place which Yahweh chooses, because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.
16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose; on the feast of unleavened bread, and on the feast of weeks, and on the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty;
16 Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths. They shall not appear before Yahweh empty.
17 every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee.
17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you.
18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, tribe by tribe; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
18 You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
19 You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
20 Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
20 You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
21 Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
21 You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside Yahweh your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.
22 Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar, which the LORD thy God hateth.
22 Neither shall you set yourself up a sacred stone which Yahweh your God hates.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 34:18; Exodus 13:4; Numbers 28:16; Exodus 12:2–20; Leviticus 23:5
- 2 Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 12:26; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Matthew 26:17; Luke 22:15
- 3 Exodus 12:39; Exodus 12:19–20; Exodus 34:18; Luke 22:19; Exodus 12:14–15
- 4 Exodus 34:25; Exodus 12:10; Exodus 13:7; Exodus 12:15; Exodus 12:8
- 5 Deuteronomy 16:2; Deuteronomy 12:5–6
- 6 Matthew 26:20; Exodus 12:6–9; Hebrews 9:26; 1 Peter 1:19–20; Deuteronomy 12:5
- 7 2 Chronicles 35:13; Psalm 22:14–15; John 2:13; John 2:23; Deuteronomy 16:6
- 8 Exodus 12:15–16; Numbers 28:17–19; Leviticus 23:6–8; Leviticus 23:36; Exodus 13:6–8
- 9 Exodus 34:22; Exodus 23:16; Acts 2:1; Deuteronomy 16:10; Leviticus 23:15–16
- 10 1 Corinthians 16:2; 2 Corinthians 9:5–11; 2 Corinthians 8:10; Leviticus 25:26; Leviticus 5:7
- 11 Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 12:18; Philippians 4:4; Romans 5:11
- 12 Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 16:15; Lamentations 3:19–20; Ephesians 2:1–3; Romans 6:17–18
- 13 John 7:2; Exodus 23:16; 2 Chronicles 5:3; Leviticus 23:34–36; Numbers 29:12–40
- 14 Nehemiah 8:9–12; Deuteronomy 16:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:16; Isaiah 12:1–6; Isaiah 25:6–8
- 15 Deuteronomy 30:16; Leviticus 23:36–42; Deuteronomy 16:10; Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 28:8–12
- 16 Proverbs 3:9–10; Psalm 96:8; Haggai 1:9; Exodus 23:14–17; Matthew 2:11
- 17 2 Corinthians 9:6–7; 2 Corinthians 8:12; Deuteronomy 16:10; Mark 12:41–44; Leviticus 27:8
- 18 1 Chronicles 23:4; Deuteronomy 1:15–17; Romans 13:1–6; 1 Chronicles 26:29; Deuteronomy 21:2
- 19 Leviticus 19:15; Exodus 23:2; Proverbs 17:23; Deuteronomy 24:17; Habakkuk 1:4
- 20 Philippians 4:8; Ezekiel 18:9; Ezekiel 18:5; Micah 6:8; Deuteronomy 4:1
- 21 2 Chronicles 33:3; 2 Kings 17:16; Exodus 34:13; 2 Kings 21:3; 1 Kings 14:15
- 22 Leviticus 26:1; Exodus 20:4; Jeremiah 44:4; Revelation 2:15; Deuteronomy 12:31
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… the passover within any other of thy cities which the Lord God gives thee; but in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose that His name be called on there, thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, towards the setting of the sun."
… thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then return and offer thy gift." We are bound, therefore, to offer to God the first-fruits of His creation, as Moses also says, "Thou shalt not appear in the presence of the Lord thy God empty;" so that man, being accounted as grateful, by those things in which he has shown …