Read Deuteronomy 16 here (text coming …) or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew Paragraphs:
16:1-8 {s} Passover is holy to YHVH
16:9-12 {p} Weeks is holy to YHVH
16:13-17 {s} Tabernacles is holy to YHVH
16:18-20 {s} Injustice is detestable to YHVH
16:21-22 {s} Idolatrous groves and pillars are detestable to YHVH
Deu 15:1-16:17 explains the 4th Commandment, Honor the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The instruction not only applies to one day out of seven, but one year out of seven, and the seven annual High Holy Sabbaths on Feast days.
How do we know that the instruction on the Sabbath ends at Deu 16:17, and the instruction beginning in Deu 16:18 explains a new commandment? Deu 16:18 onward all has to do with justice and injustice, and no longer Sabbaths, sevens, rest, or work.
Deu 15:1-16:17 makes the following Chiastic Structure:
If there are questions, these are good resources:
4th Commandment Summary: Honor the Sabbath Day – Christine Miller
Feasts of YHVH Index of Studies – Christine Miller
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