1 Φυλάξαι τὸν μῆνα τῶν νέων, καὶ ποιήσεις τὸ πάσχα Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου, ὅτι ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῶν νέων ἐξῆλθες ἐξ Αἰγύπτου νυκτός. 2 Καὶ θύσεις τὸ πάσχα Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου πρόβατα καὶ βόας ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ᾧ ἐὰν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου αὐτὸν, ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ. 3 Οὐ φαγῇ ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ ζύμην· ἐπτὰ ἡμέρας φαγῇ ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ ἄζυμα, ἄρτον κακώσεως, ὅτι ἐν σπουδῇ ἐξήλθετε ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, ἵνα μνησθῆτε τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς ἐξοδίας ὑμῶν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς ὑμῶν. 4 Οὐκ ὀφθήσεται σοι ζύμη ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁρίοις σου ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας, καὶ οὐ κοιμήθησεται ἀπὸ τῶν κρεῶν ὧν ἐὰν θύσῃς τὸ ἑσπέρας τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ πρώτῃ εἰς τοπρωΐ. 5 Οὐ δυνήσῃ θῦσαι τὸ πάσχα ἐν οὐδεμιᾷ τῶν πόλεών σου, ὧν Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου δίδωσί σοι· 6 ἀλλʼ ἢ εἰς τὸν τόπον, ὃν ἂν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ, θύσεις τὸ πάσχα ἑσπέρας πρὸς δυσμὰς ἡλίου, ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ᾧ ἐξῆλθες ἐξ Αἰγύπτου. 7 Καὶ ἑψήσεις καὶ ὀπτήσεις καὶ φαγῇ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, οὗ ἐὰν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου αὐτόν· καὶ ἀποστραφήσῃ τοπρωΐ, καὶ ἐλεύσῃ εἰς τοὺς οἴκους σου. 8 Ἓξ ἡμέρας φαγῇ ἄζυμα, καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἐξόδιον ἑορτὴ Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου· οὐ ποιήσεις ἐν αὐτῇ πᾶν ἔργον, πλὴν ὅσα ποιηθήσεται ψυχῇ. 9 Ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδας ἐξαριθμήσεις σεαυτῷ· ἀρξαμένου σου δρέπανον ἐπʼ ἀμητὸν, ἄρξῃ ἐξαριθμῆσαι ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδας. 10 Καὶ ποιήσεις ἑορτὴν ἑβδομάδων Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου, καθὼς ἡ χείρ σου ἰσχύει, ὅσα ἂν δῷ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου. 11 Καὶ εὐφρανθήσῃ ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, σὺ καὶ ὁ υἱός σου, καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ σου, ὁ παῖς σου, καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη σου, καὶ ὁ Λευίτης, καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος, καὶ ὁ ὀρφανὸς, καὶ ἡ χήρα ἡ οὖσα ἐν ὑμῖν, ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ᾧ ἐὰν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου αὐτὸν, ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ. 12 Καὶ μνησθήσῃ ὅτι οἰκέτης ἐγένου ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ φυλάξῃ καὶ ποιήσεις τὰς ἐντολὰς ταύτας. 13 Ἐορτὴν σκηνῶν ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἐν τῷ συναγαγεῖν σε ἐκ τῆς ἅλωνός σου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ληνοῦ σου. 14 Καὶ εὐφρανθήσῃ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ σου, σὺ καὶ ὁ υἱός σου, καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ σου, ὁ παῖς σου, καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη σου, καὶ ὁ Λευίτης, καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος, καὶ ὁ ὀρφανὸς, καὶ ἡ χήρα ἡ οὖσα ἐν ταῖς πόλεσί σου. 15 Ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἑορτάσεις Κυρἱω τῷ Θεῷ σου ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ᾧ ἂν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου αὐτῷ· ἐὰν δὲ εὐλογήσῃ σε Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐν πᾶσι γεννήμασί σου, καὶ ἐν πάντι ἔργῳ τῶν χειρῶν σου, καὶ ἔσῃ εὐφραινόμενος. 16 Τρεῖς καιροὺς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ὀφθήσεται πᾶν ἀρσενικόν σου ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ᾧ ἐὰν ἐκλέξηται αὐτὸν Κύριος· ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ τῶν ἀζύμων, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ τῶν ἑβδομάδων, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ τῆς σκηνοπηγίας· οὐκ ὀφθήσῃ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου κενός. 17 Ἕκαστος κατὰ δύναμιν τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν, κατὰ τὴν εὐλογίαν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἣν ἔδωκέ σοι. 18 Κριτὰς καὶ γραμματοεισαγωγεῖς ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσί σου, αἷς Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου δίδωσί σοι κατὰ φυλάς· καὶ κρινοῦσι τὸν λαὸν κρίσιν δικαίαν. 19 Οὐκ ἐκκλινοῦσι κρίσιν, οὐδὲ λήψονται δῶρον· τὰ γὰρ δῶρα ἀποτυφλοῖ ὀφθαλμοὺς σοφῶν, καὶ ἐξαίρει λόγους δικαίων. 20 Δικαίως τὸ δίκαιον διώξῃ, ἵνα ζῆτε, καὶ εἰσελθόντες κληρονομήσητε τὴν γῆν ἣν Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου δίδωσί σοι. 21 Οὐ φυτεύσεις σεαυτῷ ἄλσος· πᾶν ξύλον παρὰ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ σου οὐ ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ. 22 Οὐ στήσεις σεαυτῷ στήλην, ἃ ἐμίσησε Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου.
Deuteronomy · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Deuteronomy 16 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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- 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
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… 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 …