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1. Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night.
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1. Observe H8104 H853 the month H2320 of Abib H24 , and keep H6213 the passover H6453 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 : for H3588 in the month H2320 of Abib H24 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 brought thee forth H3318 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 by night H3915 .
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2. You must sacrifice the Passover animal (from the flock or the herd) to the LORD your God in the place where he chooses to locate his name.
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2. Thou shalt therefore sacrifice H2076 the passover H6453 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , of the flock H6629 and the herd H1241 , in the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall choose H977 to place H7931 his name H8034 there H8033 .
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3. You must not eat any yeast with it; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, symbolic of affliction, for you came out of Egypt hurriedly. You must do this so you will remember for the rest of your life the day you came out of the land of Egypt.
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3. Thou shalt eat H398 no H3808 leavened bread H2557 with H5921 it; seven H7651 days H3117 shalt thou eat H398 unleavened bread H4682 therewith H5921 , even the bread H3899 of affliction H6040 ; for H3588 thou camest forth H3318 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 in haste H2649 : that H4616 thou mayest remember H2142 H853 the day H3117 when thou camest forth H3318 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 all H3605 the days H3117 of thy life H2416 .
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4. There must not be a scrap of yeast within your land for seven days, nor can any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until the next morning.
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4. And there shall be no H3808 leavened bread H7603 seen H7200 with thee in all H3605 thy coast H1366 seven H7651 days H3117 ; neither H3808 shall there any thing of H4480 the flesh H1320 , which H834 thou sacrificedst H2076 the first H7223 day H3117 at even H6153 , remain all night H3885 until the morning H1242 .
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5. You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you,
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5. Thou mayest H3201 not H3808 sacrifice H2076 H853 the passover H6453 within any H259 of thy gates H8179 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee:
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6. but you must sacrifice it in the evening in the place where he chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt.
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6. But H3588 H518 at H413 the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall choose H977 to place H7931 his name H8034 in, there H8033 thou shalt sacrifice H2076 H853 the passover H6453 at even H6153 , at the going down H935 of the sun H8121 , at the season H4150 that thou camest forth H3318 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 .
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7. You must cook and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents.
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7. And thou shalt roast H1310 and eat H398 it in the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall choose H977 : and thou shalt turn H6437 in the morning H1242 , and go H1980 unto thy tents H168 .
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8. You must eat bread made without yeast for six days. The seventh day you are to hold an assembly for the LORD your God; you must not do any work on that day.
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8. Six H8337 days H3117 thou shalt eat H398 unleavened bread H4682 : and on the seventh H7637 day H3117 shall be a solemn assembly H6116 to the LORD H3068 thy God H430 : thou shalt do H6213 no H3808 work H4399 therein .
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9. You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.
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9. Seven H7651 weeks H7620 shalt thou number H5608 unto thee: begin H2490 to number H5608 the seven H7651 weeks H7620 from such time as thou beginnest H4480 H2490 to put the sickle H2770 to the corn H7054 .
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10. Then you are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks before the LORD your God with the voluntary offering that you will bring, in proportion to how he has blessed you.
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10. And thou shalt keep H6213 the feast H2282 of weeks H7620 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 with a tribute H4530 of a freewill offering H5071 of thine hand H3027 , which H834 thou shalt give H5414 unto the LORD thy God , according as H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath blessed H1288 thee:
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11. You shall rejoice before him� you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you� in the place where the LORD chooses to locate his name.
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11. And thou shalt rejoice H8055 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , thou H859 , and thy son H1121 , and thy daughter H1323 , and thy manservant H5650 , and thy maidservant H519 , and the Levite H3881 that H834 is within thy gates H8179 , and the stranger H1616 , and the fatherless H3490 , and the widow H490 , that H834 are among H7130 you , in the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath chosen H977 to place H7931 his name H8034 there H8033 .
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12. Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.
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12. And thou shalt remember H2142 that H3588 thou wast H1961 a bondman H5650 in Egypt H4714 : and thou shalt observe H8104 and do H6213 H853 these H428 statutes H2706 .
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13. You must celebrate the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days, at the time of the grain and grape harvest.
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13. Thou shalt observe H6213 the feast H2282 of tabernacles H5521 seven H7651 days H3117 , after that thou hast gathered H622 in thy corn H4480 H1637 and thy wine H4480 H3342 :
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14. You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages.
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14. And thou shalt rejoice H8055 in thy feast H2282 , thou H859 , and thy son H1121 , and thy daughter H1323 , and thy manservant H5650 , and thy maidservant H519 , and the Levite H3881 , the stranger H1616 , and the fatherless H3490 , and the widow H490 , that H834 are within thy gates H8179 .
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15. You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the LORD your God in the place he chooses, for he will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do; so you will indeed rejoice!
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15. Seven H7651 days H3117 shalt thou keep a solemn feast H2287 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 in the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall choose H977 : because H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall bless H1288 thee in all H3605 thine increase H8393 , and in all H3605 the works H4639 of thine hands H3027 , therefore thou shalt H1961 surely H389 rejoice H8056 .
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16. Three times a year all your males must appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Temporary Shelters; and they must not appear before him empty-handed.
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16. Three H7969 times H6471 in a year H8141 shall all H3605 thy males H2138 appear H7200 H853 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 in the place H4725 which H834 he shall choose H977 ; in the feast H2282 of unleavened bread H4682 , and in the feast H2282 of weeks H7620 , and in the feast H2282 of tabernacles H5521 : and they shall not H3808 appear H7200 H853 before H6440 the LORD H3068 empty H7387 :
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17. Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you.
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17. Every man H376 shall give as he is able H4979 H3027 , according to the blessing H1293 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 which H834 he hath given H5414 thee.
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18. You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
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18. Judges H8199 and officers H7860 shalt thou make H5414 thee in all H3605 thy gates H8179 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee , throughout thy tribes H7626 : and they shall judge H8199 H853 the people H5971 with just H6664 judgment H4941 .
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19. You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.
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19. Thou shalt not H3808 wrest H5186 judgment H4941 ; thou shalt not H3808 respect H5234 persons H6440 , neither H3808 take H3947 a gift H7810 : for H3588 a gift H7810 doth blind H5786 the eyes H5869 of the wise H2450 , and pervert H5557 the words H1697 of the righteous H6662 .
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20. You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.
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20. That which is altogether just H6664 H6664 shalt thou follow H7291 , that H4616 thou mayest live H2421 , and inherit H3423 H853 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee.
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21. You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the LORD your God which you build for yourself.
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21. Thou shalt not H3808 plant H5193 thee a grove H842 of any H3605 trees H6086 near H681 unto the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , which H834 thou shalt make H6213 thee.
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22. You must not erect a sacred pillar, a thing the LORD your God detests.
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22. Neither H3808 shalt thou set thee up H6965 any image H4676 ; which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hateth H8130 .
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