| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night. | 1"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. |
| 2You 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. | 2"You shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where the LORD chooses to establish His name. |
| 3You 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. | 3"You shall not eat leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you came out of the land of Egypt. |
| 4There 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. | 4"For seven days no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory, and none of the flesh which you sacrifice on the evening of the first day shall remain overnight until morning. |
| 5You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, | 5"You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your towns which the LORD your God is giving you; |
| 6but 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. | 6but at the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name, you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset, at the time that you came out of Egypt. |
| 7You must cook and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents. | 7"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. |
| 8You 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. | 8"Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God; you shall do no work on it. |
| 9You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain. | 9"You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. |
| 10Then 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. | 10"Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give just as the LORD your God blesses you; |
| 11You 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. | 11and 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 in your town, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name. |
| 12Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes. | 12"You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. |
| 13You must celebrate the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days, at the time of the grain and grape harvest. | 13"You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths seven days after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and your wine vat; |
| 14You 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. | 14and 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 in your towns. |
| 15You 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! | 15"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. |
| 16Three 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. | 16"Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. |
| 17Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you. | 17"Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you. |
| 18You 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. | 18"You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. |
| 19You 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. | 19"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. |
| 20You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you. | 20"Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, that you may live and possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you. |
| 21You 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. | 21"You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself. |
| 22You must not erect a sacred pillar, a thing the LORD your God detests. | 22"You shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar which the LORD your God hates. |
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