Common English Bible

Deuteronomy 16:5-14 Common English Bible (CEB)

5. You are not permitted to offer the Passover sacrifice in any of the cities that the Lord your God is giving you.

6. Instead, you must offer the Passover sacrifice at the location the Lord your God selects for his name to reside, at evening time, when the sun sets, which was the time you fled Egypt.

7. Cook it and eat it in the location that the Lord your God selects. The next morning you can return to your tents.

8. For six days you will eat unleavened bread. The seventh day will be a celebration for the Lord your God. Don’t do any work.

9. Count out seven weeks, starting the count from the beginning of the grain harvest.

10. At that point, perform the Festival of Weeks for the Lord your God. Offer a spontaneous gift in precise measure with the blessing the Lord your God gives you.

11. Then celebrate in the presence of the Lord your God—you, your sons, your daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites who live in your cities, the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows who are among you—in the location the Lord your God selects for his name to reside.

12. Remember how each of you was a slave in Egypt, so follow these regulations most carefully.

13. Once you have collected the food and drink you need, perform the Festival of Booths for seven days.

14. Celebrate your festival: you, your sons, your daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites, the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows who live in your cities.