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230 Book of Deuteronomy

thy God whatsoever is of the male sex. Thou 6 But in the place which the Lord thy God
shalt not work with the firstling of a bullock, and shall choose, that his name may dwell there:
thou shalt not shear the firstlings of thy sheep. thou shalt immolate the phase in the evening, at
20 In the sight of the Lord thy God shalt thou the going down of the sun, at which time thou
eat them every year, in the place that the Lord camest out of Egypt.
shall choose, thou and thy house. 7 And thou shalt dress, and eat it in the place
21 But if it have a blemish, or be lame, or which the Lord thy God shall choose, and in
blind, or in any part disfigured or feeble, it shall the morning rising up thou shalt go into thy
not be sacrificed to the Lord thy God. dwellings.
22 But thou shalt eat it within the gates of thy 8 Six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread:
city: the clean and the unclean shall eat them and on the seventh day, because it is the assem-
alike, as the roe and as the hart. bly of the Lord thy God, thou shalt do no work.
23 Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their 9 Thou shalt number unto thee seven weeks
blood, but pour it out on the earth as water. from that day, wherein thou didst put the sickle
to the corn.
10 And thou shalt celebrate the festival of
Chapter 16 weeks to the Lord thy God, a voluntary oblation
of thy hand, which thou shalt offer according to
Observe the month of new corn, which is the the blessing of the Lord thy God.
first of the spring, that thou mayst celebrate 11 And thou shalt feast before the Lord thy
the phase to the Lord thy God: because in this God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and
month the Lord thy God brought thee out of thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the
Egypt by night. Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger
2 And thou shalt sacrifice the phase to the and the fatherless, and the widow, who abide
Lord thy God, of sheep, and of oxen, in the place with you: in the place which the Lord thy God
which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his shall choose, that his name may dwell there:
name may dwell there. 12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast
3 Thou shalt not eat with it leavened bread: a servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do
seven days shalt thou eat without leaven, the the things that are commanded.
bread of affliction, because thou camest out of 13 Thou shalt celebrate the solemnity also of
Egypt in fear: that thou mayst remember the tabernacles seven days, when thou hast gathered
day of thy coming out of Egypt, all the days of in thy fruit of the barnfloor and of the winepress.
thy life. 14 And thou shalt make merry in thy festi-
4 No leaven shall be seen in all thy coasts for val time, thou, thy son, and thy daughter, thy
seven days, neither shall any of the flesh of that manservant, and thy maidservant, the Levite
which was sacrificed the first day in the evening also and the stranger, and the fatherless and the
remain until morning. widow that are within thy gates.
5 Thou mayst not immolate the phase in any 15 Seven days shalt thou celebrate feasts to
one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God will the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord
give thee: shall choose: and the Lord thy God will belss