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Deuteronomy 16 · Grade 5

Feasts, Gifts, and Justice

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Deuteronomy 16 orders Israel's year around three pilgrim feasts at the central sanctuary. Passover in the month of Abib remembered the exodus by night. Unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, was eaten for seven days, so that Israel would remember the day they came out of Egypt all the days of their life. Jesus kept Passover before His death, and Paul writes that Christ our Passover has been sacrificed (1 Corinthians 5:7).

The Feast of Weeks began seven weeks after the sickle first touched the grain, and later became Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came (Acts 2). The Feast of Booths followed the final harvest and lasted seven days. Both feasts commanded joy, and the guest list was deliberate: children, servants, Levites, foreigners, the fatherless, and widows. Worship that excludes the vulnerable is not the worship God commands.

Three times a year the men appeared before God, and none came empty. Every man shall give as he is able. The chapter then establishes judges in every town. They must not pervert justice, show partiality, or take bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise. Verse 20 repeats the word for emphasis: justice, only justice, you shall follow.

Show What You Know

  1. How long was unleavened bread eaten?

  2. What did the Feast of Weeks later become?

  3. What does the guest list for the feasts show?

  4. What was the rule for giving?

  5. What does verse 20 emphasize?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Appoint ____ in all your gates.
  2. Count seven ____.

Down

  1. Remember the night God brought you out of Egypt.
  2. Feast kept for seven days after harvest.
  3. You shall be altogether ____.

Think About It

  1. How do regular celebrations of God's works help us remember Him?

  2. Why does this chapter put worship and justice side by side?

Memory Verse

“You shall keep a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in the place which Yahweh chooses, because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.”

Deuteronomy 16:15 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for joy. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can our worship include people who are often left out?
  • Why does God join justice with worship in this chapter?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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