Deuteronomy 16
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
2Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
3Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
4And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
5Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
6But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
7And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
8Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
9Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
10And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
11And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
13Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
14And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
15Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
16Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy 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 tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
22Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306822× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH43019× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83418× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- לֹאlôʼH380811× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- יוֹםyôwmH31179× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- כֹּלkôlH36057× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אֵתʼêthH8537× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- חַגchagH22826× in this chapter
a festival, or a victim therefor
- כִּיkîyH35886× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- מָקוֹםmâqôwmH47256× in this chapter
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
- נָתַןnâthanH54146× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62136× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- שֶׁבַעshebaʻH76516× in this chapter
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
- בָּחַרbâcharH9776× in this chapter
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH47145× in this chapter
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- זָבַחzâbachH20764× in this chapter
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33184× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- אָכַלʼâkalH3984× in this chapter
to eat (literally or figuratively)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64404× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- פֶּסַחpeçachH64534× in this chapter
a pretermission, i.e. exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim)
- שָׁבוּעַshâbûwaʻH76204× in this chapter
literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years)
- שַׁעַרshaʻarH81794× in this chapter
an opening, i.e. door or gate
- יָדyâdH30273× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- מַצָּהmatstsâhH46823× in this chapter
properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used)
- עֶבֶדʻebedH56503× in this chapter
a servant
- צֶדֶקtsedeqH66643× in this chapter
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72003× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7763× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁכַןshâkanH79313× in this chapter
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
- שָׁםshâmH80333× in this chapter
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- שֵׁםshêmH80343× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- בֹּקֶרbôqerH12422× in this chapter
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
- בָרַךְbârakH12882× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- בַּתbathH13232× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- גֵּרgêrH16162× in this chapter
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- זָכַרzâkarH21422× in this chapter
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- חֹדֶשׁchôdeshH23202× in this chapter
the new moon; by implication, a month
- אָבִיבʼâbîybH242× in this chapter
green, i.e. a young ear of grain; hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan