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.
2 Thou
shalt therefore sacrifice 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.
3 Thou
shalt eat 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.
4 And
there 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.
5 Thou
mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy
God giveth thee:
6 But
at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there
thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the
season that thou camest forth 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.
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.
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.
10 And
thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a 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:
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.
12 And
thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe
and do these statutes.
13 Thou
shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast
gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
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.
15 Seven
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.
16 Three
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:
17 Every
man shall give as
he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given
thee.
18 Judges
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.
19 Thou
shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift:
for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
20 That
which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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.
22 Neither
shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
