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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

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

10And 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,

11and 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.

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

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References and Original Words

Verse 9

Cross-references

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

Original words

You are to count offתִּסְפָּר־H5608Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularsevenשִׁבְעָ֥הH7651Number - masculine singularweeksשָׁבֻעֹ֖תH7620Noun - masculine plural[from]לִסְפֹּ֔רH5608Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct. . .שִׁבְעָ֖הH7651Number - masculine singular[the time]שָׁבֻעֽוֹת׃H7620Noun - masculine pluralyou first put the sickleחֶרְמֵשׁ֙H2770Noun - masculine singular. . .מֵהָחֵ֤לH2490Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructto the standing grainבַּקָּמָ֔הH7054Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular. . .תָּחֵ֣לH2490Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

Verse 10

Cross-references

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

Original words

And you shall celebrateוְעָשִׂ֜יתָH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularthe Feastחַ֤גH2282Noun - masculine singular constructof Weeksשָׁבֻעוֹת֙H7620Noun - masculine pluralto the LORDלַיהוָ֣הH3068Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular. . .מִסַּ֛תH4530Noun - feminine singular constructwith a freewill offeringנִדְבַ֥תH5071Noun - feminine singular construct. . .יָדְךָ֖H3027Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularthatאֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relativeyou giveתִּתֵּ֑ןH5414Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularin proportion to howכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativethe LORDיְהוָ֥הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃H430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularhas blessed youיְבָרֶכְךָ֖H1288Verb - 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 20:24Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:47Classic cross-references Psalms 100:2Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 12:12Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 12:7Classic cross-references

Original words

and you shall rejoiceוְשָׂמַחְתָּ֞H8055Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularbeforeלִפְנֵ֣י׀H6440Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructthe LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularin the placeבַּמָּק֗וֹםH4725Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֤רH834Pronoun - relativeHeיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularwill chooseיִבְחַר֙H977Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularas a dwellingלְשַׁכֵּ֥ןH7931Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructfor His Nameשְׁמ֖וֹH8034Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular. . .שָֽׁם׃H8033Adverbyouאַתָּ֨הH859Pronoun - second person masculine singularyour sonsוּבִנְךָ֣H1121Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularand daughtersוּבִתֶּךָ֮H1323Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularyour menservantsוְעַבְדְּךָ֣H5650Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularand maidservantsוַאֲמָתֶךָ֒H519Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularand the Leviteוְהַלֵּוִי֙H3881Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relativewithin your gatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָH8179Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularas well as the foreignerוְהַגֵּ֛רH1616Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularthe fatherlessוְהַיָּת֥וֹםH3490Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularand the widowsוְהָאַלְמָנָ֖הH490Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular-אֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relativeamong youבְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָH7130Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 12

Cross-references

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

Original words

Rememberוְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔H2142Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularthatכִּי־H3588Conjunctionyou wereהָיִ֖יתָH1961Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularslavesעֶ֥בֶדH5650Noun - masculine singularin Egyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularand carefullyוְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣H8104Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularfollowוְעָשִׂ֔יתָH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markertheseהָאֵֽלֶּה׃פH428Article | Pronoun - common pluralstatutesהַֽחֻקִּ֖יםH2706Article | Noun - masculine plural

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