12 (A)You shall also remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful and [a]comply with these statutes.

13 (B)You shall [b]celebrate the Feast of [c]Booths for seven days when you have gathered in from your threshing floor and your wine vat; 14 and you shall (C)rejoice in your feast, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite, the stranger, the [d]orphan, and the widow who are in your [e]towns.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:12 Lit perform these
  2. Deuteronomy 16:13 Lit perform
  3. Deuteronomy 16:13 Or Tabernacles
  4. Deuteronomy 16:14 Or fatherless
  5. Deuteronomy 16:14 Lit gates

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

The Festival of Tabernacles(B)

13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor(C) and your winepress.(D) 14 Be joyful(E) 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.

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