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Exodus 34:13-23 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

13. Rather, you will tear down their altars, and you will break their stone pillars, and you will cut off their Asherah poles.

14. For you will not bow in worship to another god, for ‘Yahweh Is Jealous’ is his name, he is a jealous God,

15. lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they prostitute themselves after their gods, and they sacrifice to their gods, and they invite you, and you eat their sacrifice,

16. and you take from their daughters for your sons, and their daughters prostitute themselves after their gods, and they cause your sons to prostitute themselves after their gods.

17. You will not make gods of cast metal for yourself.

18. “You will keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you will eat unleavened bread, which I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt.

19. Every first offspring of a womb is for me—all of your male livestock, the first offspring of cattle and small livestock.

20. But the first offspring of a donkey you will redeem with small livestock, and if you will not redeem it, you will break its neck. Every firstborn of your sons you will redeem, and you will not appear before me empty-handed.

21. Six days you will work, and on the seventh day you will rest; in the time of plowing and in the time of harvest you will rest.

22. And you yourself will observe the Feast of Weeks—the firstfruits of the wheat harvest—and the Feast of Harvest Gathering at the turn of the year.

23. Three times in the year all your males will appear before the Lord, Yahweh, the God of Israel,

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