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Deuteronomy 16:5-14 New International Version (NIV)

5. You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you

6. except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.

7. Roast it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.

8. For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly to the Lord your God and do no work.

9. Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.

10. Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.

11. And rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

12. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.

13. Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

14. Be joyful at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.