¹⁶ “^(A)Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths; and ^(B)they are not to appear before the Lord empty-handed. ¹⁷ Everyone ^[a]shall give as he is able, in accordance with the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.

¹⁸ “You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your ^[b]towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.