Deuteronomy 16
- 1Observe the month of Abib, and keep 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 shall therefore sacrifice the passover to the Lord your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.
- 3You shall eat no bread made with yeast along with it. For seven days you shall eat bread made without yeast along with it, even the bread of suffering. For you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry: that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
- 4And there shall be no bread made with yeast seen with you in all your border seven days. Neither shall there anything of the flesh, which you sacrificed the first day in the evening, remain all night until the morning.
- 5You may not sacrifice the passover within any of your gates, which the Lord your God gives you:
- 6But at the place which the Lord your God shall choose to place his name in, there you shall sacrifice the passover in the evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt.
- 7And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents.
- 8Six days you shall eat bread made without yeast: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God: you shall do no work in it.
- 9Seven weeks shall you number to you: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as you begin to put the sickle to the grain.
- 10And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God with a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give to the Lord your God, according as the Lord your God has blessed you:
- 11And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the orphan, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord your God has chosen to place his name there.
- 12And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these laws.
- 13You shall observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that you have gathered in your grain and your wine:
- 14And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, the foreigner, and the orphan, and the widow, that are within your gates.
- 15Seven days shall you keep a solemn feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord shall choose. Because the Lord your God shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.
- 16Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the Lord your God in the place which he shall choose. In the Feast of Bread Made Without Yeast, 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 your God which he has given you.
- 18Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
- 19You shall not twist judgment. You shall not respect persons, neither take a gift. For a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- 20That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the Lord your God gives you.
- 21You shall not plant you an Asherah pole of any trees near to the altar of the Lord your God, who you shall make you.
- 22Neither shall you set you up any image, which the Lord your God hates.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Deuteronomy 16 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVObserve 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.
GIGAKJVObserve the month of Abib, and keep the passover to the Lord your God. For in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
KJVThou 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.
GIGAKJVYou shall therefore sacrifice the passover to the Lord your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.
KJVThou 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.
GIGAKJVYou shall eat no bread made with yeast along with it. For seven days you shall eat bread made without yeast along with it, even the bread of suffering. For you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry: that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd there shall be no bread made with yeast seen with you in all your border seven days. Neither shall there anything of the flesh, which you sacrificed the first day in the evening, remain all night until the morning.
KJVThou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee:
GIGAKJVYou may not sacrifice the passover within any of your gates, which the Lord your God gives you:
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut at the place which the Lord your God shall choose to place his name in, there you shall sacrifice the passover in the evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall roast and eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents.
KJVSix 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.
GIGAKJVSix days you shall eat bread made without yeast: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God: you shall do no work in it.
KJVSeven 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.
GIGAKJVSeven weeks shall you number to you: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as you begin to put the sickle to the grain.
KJVAnd 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:
GIGAKJVAnd you shall keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God with a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give to the Lord your God, according as the Lord your God has blessed you:
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the orphan, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord your God has chosen to place his name there.
KJVAnd thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these laws.
KJVThou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
GIGAKJVYou shall observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that you have gathered in your grain and your wine:
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, the foreigner, and the orphan, and the widow, that are within your gates.
KJVSeven 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.
GIGAKJVSeven days shall you keep a solemn feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord shall choose. Because the Lord your God shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.
KJVThree 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:
GIGAKJVThree times in a year shall all your males appear before the Lord your God in the place which he shall choose. In the Feast of Bread Made Without Yeast, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:
KJVEvery man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.
GIGAKJVEvery man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given you.
KJVJudges 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.
GIGAKJVJudges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
KJVThou 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.
GIGAKJVYou shall not twist judgment. You shall not respect persons, neither take a gift. For a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
KJVThat which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
GIGAKJVThat which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the Lord your God gives you.
KJVThou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
GIGAKJVYou shall not plant you an Asherah pole of any trees near to the altar of the Lord your God, who you shall make you.
KJVNeither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.
GIGAKJVNeither shall you set you up any image, which the Lord your God hates.
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