Thematic Bible
Deuteronomy 16:1 (show verse)
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.
Deuteronomy 16:2 (show verse)
You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
Deuteronomy 16:3 (show verse)
You shall eat no leavened bread with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with it seven days, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
Deuteronomy 16:4 (show verse)
No yeast shall be seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.
Deuteronomy 16:5 (show verse)
You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you;
Deuteronomy 16:6 (show verse)
but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 16:7 (show verse)
You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents.
Deuteronomy 16:8 (show verse)
Six days you shall eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God; you shall do no work [therein].
Deuteronomy 16:9 (show verse)
You shall count for yourselves seven weeks: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to number seven weeks.
Deuteronomy 16:10 (show verse)
You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as Yahweh 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 Yahweh your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
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 bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.
Deuteronomy 16:13 (show verse)
You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after that you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your winepress:
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)
and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates.
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)
You shall keep a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in the place which Yahweh shall choose; because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.
Deuteronomy 16:16 (show verse)
Three times in a year shall all your males appear before Yahweh your 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 tents; and they shall not appear before Yahweh empty:
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, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he 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 make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives 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 wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert 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 follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Deuteronomy 16:21 (show verse)
You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourselves.
Deuteronomy 16:22 (show verse)
Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar; which Yahweh your God hates.