16 (A)Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and (B)they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. 17 Every man [a]shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.

18 “You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your [b]towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:17 Lit according to the gift of his hand
  2. Deuteronomy 16:18 Lit gates