DEUTERONOMY 16:1-22 NLT TEXT NOTES

*Deut 16:1 Hebrew Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover unto the LORD your God. Abib, the first month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurs within the months of March and April.

*Deut 16:10 Hebrew Festival of Weeks; also in 16:16. This was later called the Festival of Pentecost (see Acts 2:1). It is celebrated today as Shavuot (or Shabuoth).

*Deut 16:13 Or Festival of Booths, or Festival of Tabernacles; also in 16:16. This was earlier called the Festival of the Final Harvest or Festival of Ingathering (see Exod 23:16b). It is celebrated today as Sukkot (or Succoth).