Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 16:13-17

Three Feasts and Just Judges: The Covenant Calendar and the Justice That Guards It

From Passover and the memory of the exodus night (vv. 1-8) through the Feast of Weeks and the agricultural firstfruits thanksgiving (vv. 9-12) to the Feast of Booths and the harvest's completion (vv. 13-15), the three-times-a-year summary (vv. 16-17), the appointment of just judges (vv. 18-20), and the closing cultic prohibitions (vv. 21-22).

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

13You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

14And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

15For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

16Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

17Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

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References and Original Words

Verse 13

Cross-references

Numbers 29:12BSB references Nehemiah 8:14Classic cross-references Exodus 23:16Classic cross-references John 7:2Classic cross-references Leviticus 23:39Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 5:3Classic cross-references

Original words

You are to celebrateתַּעֲשֶׂ֥הH6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularthe Feastחַ֧גH2282Noun - masculine singular constructof Tabernaclesהַסֻּכֹּ֛תH5521Article | Noun - feminine pluralfor sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תH7651Number - masculine singular constructdaysיָמִ֑יםH3117Noun - masculine pluralafter you have gatheredבְּאָ֨סְפְּךָ֔H622Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular[the produce of] your threshing floorמִֽגָּרְנְךָ֖H1637Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularand your winepressוּמִיִּקְבֶֽךָ׃H3342Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

BSB notes

Or Booths or Shelters; see footnotes for verse 16.

Verse 14

Cross-references

Psalms 100:2Classic cross-references Ecclesiastes 9:7Classic cross-references Leviticus 23:40Classic cross-references Nehemiah 8:9Classic cross-references 1 Timothy 5:3Classic cross-references

Original words

And you shall rejoiceוְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖H8055Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularin your feastבְּחַגֶּ֑ךָH2282Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularyouאַתָּ֨הH859Pronoun - second person masculine singularyour sonsוּבִנְךָ֤H1121Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularand daughtersוּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙H1323Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularyour menservantsוְעַבְדְּךָ֣H5650Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularand maidservantsוַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָH519Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularand the Leviteוְהַלֵּוִ֗יH3881Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularas well as the foreignerוְהַגֵּ֛רH1616Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularthe fatherlessוְהַיָּת֥וֹםH3490Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularand the widowsוְהָאַלְמָנָ֖הH490Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular-אֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativeamong youבִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃H8179Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 15

Cross-references

Leviticus 23:36Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 30:16Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 16:10Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:8Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 7:13Classic cross-references

Original words

For sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תH7651Number - masculine singular constructdaysיָמִ֗יםH3117Noun - masculine pluralyou shall celebrate a feastתָּחֹג֙H2287Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularto the LORDלַיהוָ֣הH3068Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularin the placeבַּמָּק֖וֹםH4725Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativeHeיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularwill chooseיִבְחַ֣רH977Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularbecauseכִּ֣יH3588Conjunctionthe LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularwill blessיְבָרֶכְךָ֞H1288Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singularyou in allבְּכֹ֤לH3605Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructyour produceתְּבוּאָֽתְךָ֙H8393Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularand in allוּבְכֹל֙H3605Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe workמַעֲשֵׂ֣הH4639Noun - masculine singular constructof your handsיָדֶ֔יךָH3027Noun - feminine dual construct | second person masculine singularso that your joyשָׂמֵֽחַ׃H8056Adjective - masculine singularwill beוְהָיִ֖יתָH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularcompleteאַ֥ךְH389Adverb

Verse 16

Cross-references

Proverbs 3:9Classic cross-references Psalms 96:8Classic cross-references Haggai 1:9Classic cross-references Exodus 23:14Classic cross-references Matthew 2:11Classic cross-references

Original words

Threeשָׁל֣וֹשׁH7969Number - feminine singulartimesפְּעָמִ֣ים׀H6471Noun - feminine plurala yearבַּשָּׁנָ֡הH8141Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularallכָל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructyour menזְכוּרְךָ֜H2138Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular. . .אֶת־H854Direct object markerare to appearיֵרָאֶ֨הH7200Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularbeforeפְּנֵ֣י׀H6440Noun - common plural constructthe LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularin the placeבַּמָּקוֹם֙H4725Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relativeHe will chooseיִבְחָ֔רH977Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularat the Feastבְּחַ֧גH2282Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof Unleavened Breadהַמַּצּ֛וֹתH4682Article | Noun - feminine pluralthe Feastוּבְחַ֥גH2282Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof Weeksהַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹתH7620Article | Noun - masculine pluraland the Feastוּבְחַ֣גH2282Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof Tabernaclesהַסֻּכּ֑וֹתH5521Article | Noun - feminine pluralNo oneוְלֹ֧אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleshould appearיֵרָאֶ֛הH7200Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .אֶת־H854Direct object markerbeforeפְּנֵ֥יH6440Noun - common plural constructthe LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularempty-handedרֵיקָֽם׃H7387Adverb

BSB notes

That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten; see Exodus 12:14–20.
That is, Shavuot, the late spring feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; it is also known as the Feast of Harvest (see Exodus 23:16) or the Feast of Pentecost (see Acts 2:1).
That is, Sukkot, the autumn feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; also translated as the Feast of Booths or the Feast of Shelters and originally called the Feast of Ingathering (see Exodus 23:16 and Exodus 34:22).

Verse 17

Cross-references

2 Corinthians 9:6Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 8:12Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 16:10Classic cross-references Mark 12:41Classic cross-references Leviticus 27:8Classic cross-references

Original words

Everyoneאִ֖ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularmust appear with a giftכְּמַתְּנַ֣תH4979Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular constructas he is ableיָד֑וֹH3027Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularaccording to the blessingכְּבִרְכַּ֛תH1293Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֥הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativehas givenנָֽתַן־H5414Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularyouלָֽךְ׃סPreposition | second person masculine singular

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