Tree Of Life Version

Deuteronomy 16:11-18 Tree Of Life Version (TLV)

11. So you will rejoice before Adonai your God in the place Adonai your God chooses to make His Name dwell—you, your son and daughter, slave and maid, Levite and outsider, orphan and widow in your midst.

12. You will remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you are to take care and do these statutes.

13. “You are to keep the Feast of Sukkot for seven days, after gathering in the produce from your threshing floor and winepress.”

14. So you will rejoice in your feast—you, your son and daughter, slave and maid, Levite and outsider, orphan and widow within your gates.

15. Seven days you will feast to Adonai your God in the place He chooses, because Adonai your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hand, and you will be completely filled with joy.

16. Three times a year all your males are to appear before Adonai your God in the place He chooses—at the Feast of Matzot, the Feast of Shavuot, and the Feast of Sukkot. No one should appear before Adonai empty-handed—

17. the gift of each man’s hand according to the blessing Adonai your God has given you.

18. “Judges and officers you are to appoint within all your gates that Adonai your God is giving you, according to your tribes; and they are to judge the people with righteous judgment.