Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 16:9-12

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

9 You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

10 And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

11 and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.

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References and Original Words

Verse 9

Cross-references

Numbers 28:26 BSB references Exodus 23:16 Classic cross-references Exodus 34:22 Classic cross-references Acts 2:1 Classic cross-references Leviticus 23:15 Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 8:13 Classic cross-references

Original words

You are to count off תִּסְפָּר־ H5608 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular seven שִׁבְעָ֥ה H7651 Number - masculine singular weeks שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת H7620 Noun - masculine plural [from] לִסְפֹּ֔ר H5608 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct . . . שִׁבְעָ֖ה H7651 Number - masculine singular [the time] שָׁבֻעֽוֹת׃ H7620 Noun - masculine plural you first put the sickle חֶרְמֵשׁ֙ H2770 Noun - masculine singular . . . מֵהָחֵ֤ל H2490 Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct to the standing grain בַּקָּמָ֔ה H7054 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular . . . תָּחֵ֣ל H2490 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

Verse 10

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 16:17 Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 16:2 Classic cross-references Exodus 34:22 Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 8:10 Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 9:5 Classic cross-references

Original words

And you shall celebrate וְעָשִׂ֜יתָ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular the Feast חַ֤ג H2282 Noun - masculine singular construct of Weeks שָׁבֻעוֹת֙ H7620 Noun - masculine plural to the LORD לַיהוָ֣ה H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular . . . מִסַּ֛ת H4530 Noun - feminine singular construct with a freewill offering נִדְבַ֥ת H5071 Noun - feminine singular construct . . . יָדְךָ֖ H3027 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular that אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative you give תִּתֵּ֑ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular in proportion to how כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֥ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular has blessed you יְבָרֶכְךָ֖ H1288 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular

BSB notes

That is, Shavuot; see footnotes for verse 16.

Verse 11

Cross-references

Exodus 20:24 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:47 Classic cross-references Psalms 100:2 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 12:12 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 12:7 Classic cross-references

Original words

and you shall rejoice וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֞ H8055 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular before לִפְנֵ֣י׀ H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular in the place בַּמָּק֗וֹם H4725 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֤ר H834 Pronoun - relative He יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular will choose יִבְחַר֙ H977 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular as a dwelling לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן H7931 Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct for His Name שְׁמ֖וֹ H8034 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . שָֽׁם׃ H8033 Adverb you אַתָּ֨ה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular your sons וּבִנְךָ֣ H1121 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular and daughters וּבִתֶּךָ֮ H1323 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular your menservants וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ H5650 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular and maidservants וַאֲמָתֶךָ֒ H519 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular and the Levite וְהַלֵּוִי֙ H3881 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative within your gates בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ H8179 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular as well as the foreigner וְהַגֵּ֛ר H1616 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular the fatherless וְהַיָּת֥וֹם H3490 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular and the widows וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖ה H490 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative among you בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ H7130 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 12

Cross-references

Exodus 13:3 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 15:15 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 5:15 Classic cross-references Ezra 7:10 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 24:18 Classic cross-references

Original words

Remember וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔ H2142 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular that כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction you were הָיִ֖יתָ H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular slaves עֶ֥בֶד H5650 Noun - masculine singular in Egypt בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם H4714 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular and carefully וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ H8104 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular follow וְעָשִׂ֔יתָ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker these הָאֵֽלֶּה׃פ H428 Article | Pronoun - common plural statutes הַֽחֻקִּ֖ים H2706 Article | Noun - masculine plural

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