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Deuteronomy 16 Translation Questions
Q? Why are the Israelites to observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover for Yahweh their God?
A. Yahweh he brought Israel out of Egypt by night in the month of Abib. [16:1]
Q? What will the Israelites do to observe the Passover?
A. The Israelites will sacrifice some of the flock and the herd in the place that Yahweh will choose as his sanctuary. [16:2]
Q? Why are the Israelites to eat no leavened bread or have yeast among all of their borders for seven days?
A. They are to eat no leavened bread or have yeast because they came out of the land of Egypt in haste. [16:3-4]
Q? What are the Israelites to do with any meat that they sacrifice in the evening on the first day?
A. The Israelites are to get rid of any of the meat that they sacrifice on the evening of the first day so that it does not remain until the morning. [16:4]
Q? Where are the Israelites to sacrifice the Passover?
A. They are to sacrifice at the place that Yahweh will choose as his sanctuary. [16:6]
Q? When will the sacrifice of the Passover be performed?
A. The sacrifice of the Passover is to be performed in the evening at the going down of the sun, at the time of year that you came out of Egypt. [16:6]
Q? What are the Israelites supposed to do on the first six days as they celebrate Passover?
A. The Israelites are to eat unleavened bread for six days. [16:8]
Q? What are the Israelites supposed to do on the seventh day as they celebrate Passover?
A. On the seventh day, they are to have a solemn assembly and do no work. [16:8]
Q? How do the Israelites determine the start of the Festival of Weeks for Yahweh?
A. The Israelites will count seven weeks from the time they begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. [16:9-10]
Q? What contribution do the Israelites give on the Festival of Weeks?
A. They must give Yahweh a free will offering according as Yahweh has blessed them. [16:10]
Q? What must everyone in Israel, including the foreigners, call to mind during the Festival of Weeks?
A. They must call to mind when they were slaves in Egypt. [16:12]
Q? What festival are the Israelites instructed to keep for seven days after they have gathered in the harvest from the Israelite's threshing floor and from their wine press?
A. They are to keep the Festival of Shelters for seven days after they begin have gathered in their harvest. [16:13]
Q? At what the three festivals must all the males of Israel appear before Yahweh at the place that Yahweh chooses?
A. They must appear before him at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and at the Festival of Shelters. [16:16]
Q? What is every male Israelite supposed to give to Yahweh instead of coming empty-handed?
A. Every male Israelite is to give what he is able to Yahweh. [16:17]
Q? Where are the Israelites to find their judges and officers?
A. The judges and officers will be taken from each of their tribes to judge the people with righteous judgement. [16:18]
Q? Why are the judges and officers not to force justice or show partiality by taking a bribe?
A. A bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous [16:19]
Q? What do the judges and officers gain by following justice.
A. They must follow after justice and justice alone, so that they may live and inherit the land that Yahweh is giving them. [16:20]
Q? What are the Israelites not to set up for themselves?
A. They are not to set up an Ashera, or any sort of pole, or any sacred stone pillar. [16:21-22]