English Standard Version

Deuteronomy 16:16-22 English Standard Version (ESV)

16. “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.

17. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

18. “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

19. You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

20. Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

21. “You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make.

22. And you shall not set up a pillar, which the Lord your God hates.