Deuteronomy 16:1

CHAPTER XVI

The month of Abib to be observed, 1.

The feast of the passover and of unleavened bread, 2-8.

The feast of weeks, 9-12.

The feast of tabernacles, 13-15.

All the males to appear before the Lord thrice in the year, none

to come empty, each to give according to his ability, 16, 17.

Judges and officers to be made in all their cities, 18.

Strict justice shall be executed, 19, 20.

No grove to be planted near the altar of God, nor any image to

be set up, 21, 22.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVI

Verse Deuteronomy 16:1. Keep the passover] A feast so called because the angel that destroyed the firstborn of the Egyptians, seeing the blood of the appointed sacrifice sprinkled on the lintels and door-posts of the Israelites' houses, passed over THEM, and did not destroy any of their firstborn. Exodus 12:2, Exodus 12:2, "Exodus 12:3", c.