16:1 Observe the month Abib¹ and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in that month² he³ brought you by night out of the land of Egypt. 16:2 You must sacrifice the Passover animal to him,⁴ from the flock and the herd, in the place he⁵ will choose to locate his name. 16:3 You may not eat leaven with it; for seven days you must eat the unleavened bread symbolic of affliction with it (for you came out of Egypt hurriedly), so that you might remember for the rest of your life the day you came out of the land of Egypt. 16:4 There must not be a scrap of leaven within your land⁶ for seven days, nor must any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain overnight.⁷ 16:5 You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any⁸ of your villages⁹ that the LORD your God is giving you, 16:6 but you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening in¹⁰ the place he¹¹ will choose to locate his name, at sunset, the time you came out of Egypt. 16:7 You must boil and eat the Passover in the place he¹² will choose; you shall return in the morning to your tents.¹³ 16:8 You must eat unleavened bread for six days. The seventh day shall be for an assembly for the LORD your God; you may not do any work.

16:9 You must count seven weeks; from the time you begin to harvest¹⁴ the standing grain you must begin to count seven weeks. 16:10 Then you shall celebrate the festival of Weeks¹⁵ before the LORD your God with the measure of your own voluntary offering¹⁶ that you will bring, just as he¹⁷ has blessed you. 16:11 You shall rejoice before him¹⁸—you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, the Levite in your villages,¹⁹ the alien, the orphan, and the widow in your midst—in the place the LORD will choose to locate his name. 16:12 You shall furthermore remember that you were a slave in Egypt; thus, be careful to observe these statutes.

16:13 You must celebrate²⁰ the festival of Booths²¹ for seven days, at the time of the grain and grape harvest.²² 16:14 You shall rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, the Levite, the alien, the orphan, and the widow who are in your villages.²³ 16:15 You shall make festival seven days before the LORD your God in the place he²⁴ will choose, for he²⁵ will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do;²⁶ thus, you will indeed rejoice! 16:16 Three times a year all your firstborn males must appear before the LORD your God in the place he will choose for the festivals of Unleavened Bread, Weeks, and Booths; and they must not appear before him²⁷ empty-handed.²⁸ 16:17 Everyone must give as able,²⁹ according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you.

16:18 You shall appoint judges and civil servants³⁰ in all your villages³¹ that the LORD your God is giving you by your tribes, and they must judge the people fairly.³² 16:19 You must not twist justice nor show favor. Do not take a bribe for bribes³³ blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous. 16:20 You must pursue only justice³⁴ so that you might live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.

16:21 You must not plant any kind of Asherah-tree¹ near the altar of the LORD your God which you will build for yourself. 16:22 You must not erect a sacred pillar,² a thing³ he⁴ detests.