Thematic Bible
Deuteronomy 16:1 (show verse)
“Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Deuteronomy 16:2 (show verse)
You shall sacrifice the Passover [lamb] to the Lord your God from the flock or the herd, in the place where the Lord chooses to establish His Name (Presence).
Deuteronomy 16:3 (show verse)
You shall not eat leavened bread with it; instead, for seven days you shall eat the Passover with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction (for you left the land of Egypt in haste); [do this] so that all the days of your life you may remember [thoughtfully] the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 16:4 (show verse)
For seven days no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory, and none of the meat which you sacrificed the evening of the first day shall remain overnight until morning.
Deuteronomy 16:5 (show verse)
You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover [lamb] in any of your cities which the Lord your God is giving you;
Deuteronomy 16:6 (show verse)
but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His Name (Presence), you shall sacrifice the Passover [lamb] in the evening at sunset, at the time that you came out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 16:7 (show verse)
You shall cook and eat it in the place which the Lord your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents.
Deuteronomy 16:8 (show verse)
For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a celebration to the Lord your God; so you shall do no work [on that day].
Deuteronomy 16:9 (show verse)
“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
Deuteronomy 16:10 (show verse)
Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give [to Him] just as the Lord your God blesses you;
Feast » Of pentecost » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Feast of pentecost » The first fruits of bread presented at
Feast of pentecost » Called the » Feast of weeks
Feasts » Jewish » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Hebrew » Feasts » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Liberality » Should be exercised » According to ability
Offerings » Different kinds of » Free-will
Offerings » Free-will » Obligatory when signified in a vow
Pentecost » Institution of
Pentecost » Called » Feast of weeks
Day of pentecost » Feast of » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Feast of pentecost » The first fruits of bread presented at
Feast of pentecost » Called the » Feast of weeks
Feasts » Jewish » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Hebrew » Feasts » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Liberality » Should be exercised » According to ability
Offerings » Different kinds of » Free-will
Offerings » Free-will » Obligatory when signified in a vow
Pentecost » Institution of
Pentecost » Called » Feast of weeks
Day of pentecost » Feast of » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Deuteronomy 16:11 (show verse)
and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite who is within your [city] gates, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His Name (Presence).
Feast of pentecost » A time of holy rejoicing
Feasts » Instituted by moses » Kept with rejoicing
the Levites » The jews to be kind and benevolent to
Pentecost » Institution of
Servant » Bond » Must enjoy religious privileges with the master's household
Servants » Slaves or bond » To participate in all national rejoicings
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To participate in the rejoicings of the people
Widow's » Should be » Allowed to share in our blessings
Widow's » Laws respecting » To share in public rejoicings
Worship » Family
Feasts » Instituted by moses » Kept with rejoicing
the Levites » The jews to be kind and benevolent to
Pentecost » Institution of
Servant » Bond » Must enjoy religious privileges with the master's household
Servants » Slaves or bond » To participate in all national rejoicings
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To participate in the rejoicings of the people
Widow's » Should be » Allowed to share in our blessings
Widow's » Laws respecting » To share in public rejoicings
Worship » Family
Deuteronomy 16:12 (show verse)
You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to obey these statutes.
Deuteronomy 16:13 (show verse)
“You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles) seven days, when you have gathered in [the grain] from your threshing floor and [the wine] from your wine vat.
Feast of Tabernacles » Held after harvest and vintage
Feasts » Of tabernacles
Feasts » Instituted by moses » Kept with rejoicing
Feast of Tabernacles » Ingathering, held 15th to the 22nd of ethanim (october), as a thanksgiving for the harvest » The people dwelt in booths to commemorate life in the wilderness
Feasts » Of tabernacles
Feasts » Instituted by moses » Kept with rejoicing
Feast of Tabernacles » Ingathering, held 15th to the 22nd of ethanim (october), as a thanksgiving for the harvest » The people dwelt in booths to commemorate life in the wilderness
Deuteronomy 16:14 (show verse)
You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are within your city.
Feast of Tabernacles » To be observed » With rejoicing
Feasts » Instituted by moses » Kept with rejoicing
the Levites » The jews to be kind and benevolent to
Servant » Bond » Must enjoy religious privileges with the master's household
Servants » Slaves or bond » To participate in all national rejoicings
Widow's » Laws respecting » To share in public rejoicings
Worship » Family
Feasts » Instituted by moses » Kept with rejoicing
the Levites » The jews to be kind and benevolent to
Servant » Bond » Must enjoy religious privileges with the master's household
Servants » Slaves or bond » To participate in all national rejoicings
Widow's » Laws respecting » To share in public rejoicings
Worship » Family
Deuteronomy 16:15 (show verse)
Seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.
Deuteronomy 16:16 (show verse)
“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover) and at the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and at the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles), and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.
Attendance » Reasons for » The divine command
Feast of the passover » All males to appear at
Feasts » Instituted by moses » All males were required to attend
the anniversary Feasts » Offerings to be made at
Jerusalem » Annual feasts kept at
Passover » Institution of
Pentecost » Institution of
Sabbath » Worship celebrated on » The divine command
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Exacting tribute
Feast of the passover » All males to appear at
Feasts » Instituted by moses » All males were required to attend
the anniversary Feasts » Offerings to be made at
Jerusalem » Annual feasts kept at
Passover » Institution of
Pentecost » Institution of
Sabbath » Worship celebrated on » The divine command
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Exacting tribute
Deuteronomy 16:17 (show verse)
Every man shall give as he is able, in accordance with the blessing which the Lord your God has given you.
Ability » God's Ability » Giving according to
Benevolence » Examples of systematic » Scriptural rules for giving
Church of israel » Supported by the people
the anniversary Feasts » Offerings to be made at
Giving » Scriptural rules for » According to ability
Giving » Scriptural rules for » According to income
Giving » Systematic » According to income
Liberality » Should be exercised » According to ability
Benevolence » Examples of systematic » Scriptural rules for giving
Church of israel » Supported by the people
the anniversary Feasts » Offerings to be made at
Giving » Scriptural rules for » According to ability
Giving » Scriptural rules for » According to income
Giving » Systematic » According to income
Liberality » Should be exercised » According to ability
Deuteronomy 16:18 (show verse)
“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Cities » Provided with judges
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Laws for judges
Courts of justice » Inferior » Held at the gates
Courts of justice » Inferior » In all cities
Courts of justice » Provided with » Officers
Courts of justice » Provided with » Judges
Gates » Holding courts of justice
Gates » Of cities » Courts of justice held at
Israel » Judges of » General references to
Jews, the » Had courts of justice
Judges of israel » General references to
Justice » To be done » In executing judgment
Magistrates » Wisdom and integrity essential to
Magistrates » Should » Judge righteously
Rulers' » Wisdom and integrity essential to
The Nation » Of israel and judah rulers » Wisdom and integrity essential to
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Laws for judges
Courts of justice » Inferior » Held at the gates
Courts of justice » Inferior » In all cities
Courts of justice » Provided with » Officers
Courts of justice » Provided with » Judges
Gates » Holding courts of justice
Gates » Of cities » Courts of justice held at
Israel » Judges of » General references to
Jews, the » Had courts of justice
Judges of israel » General references to
Justice » To be done » In executing judgment
Magistrates » Wisdom and integrity essential to
Magistrates » Should » Judge righteously
Rulers' » Wisdom and integrity essential to
The Nation » Of israel and judah rulers » Wisdom and integrity essential to
Deuteronomy 16:19 (show verse)
You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Blindness » What blinds people
Bribery » What gifts (bribes) do
Bribery » Not taking gifts (bribes)
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Laws for judges
Courts of justice » Judges of » Not to take bribes
Earthly » Reward » Earthly, a source of temptation
Injustice » Condemned
Judgment » How not to judge
Magistrates » Should » Not take bribes
Perversion » What perverts
Reward » Spiritual crowns » Earthly, a source of temptation
Bribery » What gifts (bribes) do
Bribery » Not taking gifts (bribes)
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Laws for judges
Courts of justice » Judges of » Not to take bribes
Earthly » Reward » Earthly, a source of temptation
Injustice » Condemned
Judgment » How not to judge
Magistrates » Should » Not take bribes
Perversion » What perverts
Reward » Spiritual crowns » Earthly, a source of temptation
Deuteronomy 16:20 (show verse)
You shall pursue justice, and only justice [that which is uncompromisingly righteous], so that you may live and take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 16:21 (show verse)
“You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree or wood beside the altar of the Lord your God, which you shall make.
Deuteronomy 16:22 (show verse)
You shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar which the Lord your God hates.