16:1 Shomer the month of Aviv, and shomer the pesach to Adonai Eloheicha: for in the month of Aviv Adonai Eloheicha brought you forth out of Mitzrayim by night.
16:2 You shall therefore zevach the pesach to Adonai Eloheicha, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Adonai shall choose to place His Name there.
16:3 You shall eat no hametz with it; shivat yamin shall you eat matzot therewith, [even] the lechem oni (bread of affliction); for you camest forth out of the land Mitzrayim in haste: that you may zakar the day when you camest forth out of the land Mitzrayim all the yamin of your life.
16:4 And there shall be no seor (leaven) seen with you in all your coast shivat yamim; neither shall there [any thing] of the flesh, which you zabach (slaughter) ba'Erev ha Rishon, remain all night until the morning.
16:5 You may not Zabach the pesach within any of your she'arim (gates), which Adonai Eloheicha gives you
16:6 But at the place which Adonai Eloheicha shall choose to place his name in, there you shall zevach the pesach at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you camest forth out of Mitzrayim.
16:7 And you shall roast and eat [it] in the place which Adonai Eloheicha shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents.
16:8 Six yamin you shall eat matzot: and on ha'shevi'i [shall be] a solemn assembly to Adonai Eloheicha: you shall do no melachah (work) [therein].
16:9 Shivah shavu'ot (seven weeks) shall you number to you *begin to number the Shivah shavu'ot (seven weeks) from [such time as] you beginnest [to put] the sickle to the corn. *counting of omer
16:10 And you shall shomer the feast of weeks to Adonai Eloheicha with a tribute of a terumah (freewill offering) of your hand, which you shall give [to Adonai Eloheicha], according as Adonai Eloheicha has blessed you
16:11 And you shall rejoice before Adonai Eloheicha, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your eved, and your amah, and the Levy that [is] within your she'arim (gates), and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] among you, in the place which Adonai Eloheicha has chosen to place his name there.
16:12 And you shall zakar that you wast a bondman in Mitzrayim and you shall shomer and do these chukkot.
16:13 (Maftir) Pilgrimage to Yerushalayim
You shall shomer the Chag HaSukkot Shivat yamin, after that you have gathered in your corn and your wine:
16:14 And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your Ben, and your bat (daughter), and your eved, and your maidservant, and the Levy, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within your she'arim (gates).
16:15 Shivat yamin shall you shomer a solemn feast to Adonai Eloheicha in the place which Adonai shall choose: because Adonai Eloheicha shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.
NONE ARE TO COME TO THE FEAST EMPTY-HANDED
16:16
*Shalosh
p'amim bashanah shall all your males appear before
Adonai Eloheicha in the place which he shall choose; in the
Chag matzot, and in the feast of weeks, and in
the Chag
HaSukkot: and they shall not appear before Adonai empty:
*shalosh (three) times a year
16:17 Every man [shall give] as he is able, according to the blessing of Adonai Eloheicha which he has given you.
Haftarah Re'eh Yeshayahu 54:11-55:5
Brit Hadashah :- 1 Korinthos 5:9-13; Yochanan Alef 4:1-6
16:18 שֹפְטִים וְשֹטְרִים תִּתֶּן-לְךָ בְּכָל-שְעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶר יְהֹוָהאֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לִשְבָטֶיךָ וְשָפְטוּ אֶת-הָעָם מִשְפַּט-צֶדֶק׃
Shoftim veshotrim titen-lekha bekhal-sheareikha asher Adonai Eloheikha noten lekha lishvateikha veshaftu et-haam mishpat-tzedek:"
You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which Adonai your Elohim is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
16:19 You shall not wrest mishpat; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the devarim of the righteous.
16:20 צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף לְמַ֤עַן תִּחְיֶה֙ וְיָרַשְתָּ֣אֶת-הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶר-יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃
Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof Lemaan Tikhye Veyarashta et-haaretz asher-Adonai Eloheicha noten lakh
Justice, justice shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which Adonai Eloheicha gives you.
16:21 You shall not plant you asherah (grove) of any trees near to the altar of Adonai Eloheicha, which you shall make you.
16:22 Neither shall you set you up [any] image; which Adonai Eloheicha hates.
There are about seven gates or openings, in which one must guard against evil, in chinese believe we have seven opening in our head, once poisoned the seven opening will ooz out blood.