Three festival a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God

Deuteronomy 16:1-22

Observe the month of Aviv and celebrate the Passover of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night.

Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. And rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. And rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed: Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

The three main fests. The great festivals, Three times each year - Passover, Weeks(Penticose_, Tabernacles- all Israelite men were required to come with a gift to the national place of worship. But these are not men-only festivals. They are to be enjoyed with your children, your servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns.

Why?

Celebrate three festivals to remember the Lord, who gives Israelite out from slavery in Egypt, and celebrate the festival of their achievements. These achievements are the blessing of the Lord.

Let the Lord live in our daily life, it is not only worshiping the Lord in the church but with good behavior in daily life.

Except for the Passover, other festivals are shared with family, foreigners, Levites fatherless and widows. The joy should be shared with others. 

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三大節日： 利未祭著重如何獻祭，申命記著重在分享。

逾越節要到聖所去獻祭、奉獻。不能只著重在吃。因為無法當天吃完，所以可以和其他人一起享用。無酵餅稱困苦餅，因為匆忙要走，記得在埃及是困苦的，不值得懷念的。我們常常太習慣主的恩典，以致容易忘記神的保守看顧。吃困苦餅，提醒我們。

七七節又稱五旬節，是收割節，住棚節是收藏節。七七節要獻甘心祭，即感恩，因此與人分享。住棚節時所有有收穫的人都要分享出來，特別是孤兒、寡婦、利未人等。

不可空手朝見主，就是要奉獻。

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How?

Let my life and achievement could be shared with others, for the Lord blesses me so much.