16. All your men must come before the Lord three times a year. They must come to the place he will choose. They must come at these times: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Shelters. No man should come before the Lord without a gift.
17. Each of you must bring a gift. It should show how much the Lord your God has blessed you.
18. Appoint judges and officers for your tribes. Appoint them in every town the Lord your God is giving you. And they must judge the people fairly.
19. Do not judge unfairly or take sides. Do not let people pay you to make wrong decisions. That kind of payment makes wise people seem blind. And it changes the words of good people.
20. Always do what is right. Then you will live and own the land the Lord your God is giving you.
21. Do not set up a wooden Asherah idol next to the altar you build for the Lord your God.
22. And do not set up holy stone pillars. The Lord your God hates them.