Thematic Bible
Deuteronomy 16:1 (show verse)
Take note of the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God: for in the month of Abib the Lord your God took you out of Egypt by night.
Deuteronomy 16:2 (show verse)
The Passover offering, from your flock or your herd, is to be given to the Lord your God in the place marked out by him as the resting-place of his name.
Deuteronomy 16:3 (show verse)
Take no leavened bread with it; for seven days let your food be unleavened bread, that is, the bread of sorrow; for you came out of the land of Egypt quickly: so the memory of that day, when you came out of the land of Egypt, will be with you all your life.
Deuteronomy 16:4 (show verse)
For seven days let no leaven be used through all your land; and nothing of the flesh which is put to death in the evening of the first day is to be kept through the night till morning.
Deuteronomy 16:5 (show verse)
The Passover offering is not to be put to death in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you:
Deuteronomy 16:6 (show verse)
But in the place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place of his name, there you are to put the Passover to death in the evening, at sundown, at that time of the year when you came out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 16:7 (show verse)
It is to be cooked and taken as food in the place marked out by the Lord: and in the morning you are to go back to your tents.
Deuteronomy 16:8 (show verse)
For six days let your food be unleavened bread; and on the seventh day there is to be a holy meeting to the Lord your God; no work is to be done.
Deuteronomy 16:9 (show verse)
Let seven weeks be numbered from the first day when the grain is cut.
Deuteronomy 16:10 (show verse)
Then keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God, with an offering freely given to him from the wealth he has given 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)
Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.
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)
And you will keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: and you will take care to keep all these laws.
Deuteronomy 16:13 (show verse)
You are to keep the feast of tents for seven days after you have got in all your grain and made your wine:
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 are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.
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)
Keep the feast to the Lord your God for seven days, in the place marked out by the Lord: because the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all the produce of your land and all the work of your hands, and you will have nothing but joy.
Deuteronomy 16:16 (show verse)
Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord your God in the place named by him; at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents: and they are not to come before the Lord with nothing in their hands;
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 is to give as he is able, in the measure of 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 are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
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 are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
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)
Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 16:21 (show verse)
Let no holy tree of any sort be planted by the altar of the Lord your God which you will make.
Deuteronomy 16:22 (show verse)
You are not to put up stone pillars, for they are hated by the Lord your God.