Deuteronomy 16
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Summary
The Lord commands the children of Israel to keep the Passover feast, the feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. All male Israelites are to appear at these feasts before the Lord annually. Judges are to judge righteously and are commanded not to take gifts or accept bribes.
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Daniel Belnap, “‘The Lord God Which Gathereth the Outcasts’ (Isaiah 56:3–8),” Religious Educator 19, no. 3 (2018): 117–35.
Book of Mormon Central, “Why is Lehi Depicted as Similar to Moses? (2 Nephi 3:9-10),” KnoWhy 268 (January 30, 2017).
George A. Horton Jr., “Insights into Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy,” in The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Truths, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Robert L. Millet (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1985), 71–88.
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