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Deuteronomy 16:15-19 New International Version (NIV)

15. For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

16. Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed:

17. Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

18. Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

19. Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.