16. Three times in the year all of your males shall appear before Yahweh your God at the place that he will choose, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before Yahweh empty-handed.
17. Each person shall give as he is able, that is, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God that he has given to you.
18. “You shall appoint judges and officials for you in all your towns that Yahweh your God is giving to you throughout your tribes, and you shall render for the people righteous judgments.
19. You shall not subvert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind the eyes of the wise and misrepresents the words of the righteous.
20. Justice, only justice you shall pursue, so that you may live, and you shall take possession of the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you.
21. You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah pole beside the altar of Yahweh your God that you make for yourselves.
22. And you shall not set up for yourselves a stone pillar, a thing that Yahweh your God hates.