Deuteronomy 16 in the early church

69 passages quote, allude to, or echo Deuteronomy 16, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

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Deuteronomy 16:1

Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

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Deut 16:1–2Demonstration of the Gospel 1.3.20 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 314–324
Deut 16:1Exposition of Psalm 118 16.39.2 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397
Deut 16:1Letter 55.5 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, medium confidenceca. 386–430
Deut 16:1–8Deuteronomy, lines 53–77 · Cyprianus Gallusallusion, medium confidenceearly 5th cent.

Deuteronomy 16:2

You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.

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Deut 16:2Homilies on Numbers 28.4 · Origenallusion, medium confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 16:2Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 9 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
Deut 16:2Commentary on Romans 6.7 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)

Deuteronomy 16:3

You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

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Deut 16:3Homilies on Numbers 23.10 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 16:3Homilies on Psalms 36-38 1.3 · Origenecho, medium confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 16:3Homilies on Psalms 36-38 6.5 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 16:3Against Celsus 8.23 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 248

Deuteronomy 16:5

You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.

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Deut 16:5Dialogue with Trypho 40.2 · Justin Martyrallusion, high confidenceca. 155–160
Deut 16:5Against Heresies 4.10.1 · Irenaeus of Lyonsquotation, high confidenceca. 180–190
Deut 16:5–6Fragment 30 on John 2:13 · Origenallusion, medium confidenceca. 226-254
Deut 16:5Commentary on Romans 2.13 · Origenallusion, medium confidenceca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
Deut 16:5–7Demonstration of the Gospel 1.3.21 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 314–324
Deut 16:5–6On the Paschal Feast 5 · Eusebius of Caesareaallusion, medium confidenceca. 325–337
Deut 16:5–6On the Paschal Feast 9 · Eusebius of Caesareaallusion, medium confidenceca. 325–337
Deut 16:5–6Demonstration 12.2 · Aphrahatquotation, high confidence337-345
Deut 16:5–6Letter 52.10 · Jeromeallusion, medium confidenceca. 370–419

Deuteronomy 16:6

You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.

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Deut 16:6Dialogue with Trypho 40.2 · Justin Martyrallusion, high confidenceca. 155–160
Deut 16:6Against Heresies 4.10.1 · Irenaeus of Lyonsquotation, high confidenceca. 180–190
Deut 16:6Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXIII · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 16:6Homilies on Joshua 26.3 · Origenallusion, medium confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 16:6Exposition of Psalm 118 16.39.2 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397

Deuteronomy 16:9

You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

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Deut 16:9Homilies on Leviticus 9.5 · Origenallusion, medium confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 16:9–10Demonstration of the Gospel 1.3.22 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 314–324
Deut 16:9On the Paschal Feast 4 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, medium confidenceca. 325–337
Deut 16:9Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 51.31.5 · Epiphanius of Salamisquotation, high confidence374-377

Deuteronomy 16:10

And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

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Deut 16:10Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 51.31.5 · Epiphanius of Salamisquotation, medium confidence374-377

Deuteronomy 16:11

and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

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Deut 16:11Demonstration of the Gospel 1.3.23 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 314–324

Deuteronomy 16:13

You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

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Deut 16:13Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXIII · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 16:13Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 807 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Deut 16:13–15Demonstration of the Gospel 1.3.24 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 314–324

Deuteronomy 16:14

And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

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Deut 16:14Demonstration 12.2 · Aphrahatquotation, medium confidence337-345

Deuteronomy 16:16

Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

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Deut 16:16Against Heresies 4.18.1 · Irenaeus of Lyonsquotation, medium confidenceca. 180–190
Deut 16:16Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 807 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Deut 16:16Homilies on Joshua 2.1 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 16:16Homilies on Leviticus 10.2 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 16:16Homilies on Leviticus 16.2 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 16:16Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 9 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
Deut 16:16Commentary on Matthew 14.19 · Origenallusion, medium confidenceca. 246–248
Deut 16:16Commentary on Romans 6.7 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
Deut 16:16Demonstration of the Gospel 1.3.1 · Eusebius of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 314–324
Deut 16:16Demonstration of the Gospel 1.3.2 · Eusebius of Caesareaallusion, high confidenceca. 314–324
Deut 16:16Question 46, section 10 · Ambrosiasterallusion, medium confidenceca. 370–384
Deut 16:16Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 10.1.3 · Epiphanius of Salamisallusion, high confidence374-377
Deut 16:16Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 29.8.1 · Epiphanius of Salamisquotation, high confidence374-377
Deut 16:16Apostolic Constitutions 2.36.6 · Anonymousquotation, medium confidenceca. 380
Deut 16:16Exposition of Psalm 118 8.22.2 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 386-397
Deut 16:16Exposition of Psalm 118 20.54.1 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 386-397
Deut 16:16Exposition of Psalm 118 20.54.2 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 386-397
Deut 16:16Letters 34.7 · Paulinus of Nolaallusion, medium confidenceca. 394–413

Deuteronomy 16:18

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

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Deut 16:18Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXIII · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 16:18–19Demonstration 14.5 · Aphrahatquotation, high confidence337-345

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

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Deut 16:19The Instructor 3.12.91 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
Deut 16:19Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXIII · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, high confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Deut 16:19Instructions 1.31 · Commodianallusion, medium confidence3rd century (disputed)
Deut 16:19–20Apostolic Constitutions 2.9.2 · Anonymousquotation, high confidenceca. 380

Deuteronomy 16:20

Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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Deut 16:20Fragments on Luke, column 315 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Deut 16:20Fragment 84 on John 11:51 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 226-254
Deut 16:20Commentary on John 28.102 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 230–248
Deut 16:20Commentary on John 28.103 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 230–248
Deut 16:20Homily on Luke 2 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 233–250
Deut 16:20Homilies on Numbers 11.1 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Deut 16:20Homilies on the Psalms 14.1 · Basil of Caesareaquotation, high confidenceca. 360-378
Deut 16:20Apostolic Constitutions 2.5.2 · Anonymousquotation, high confidenceca. 380
Deut 16:20Apostolic Constitutions 2.47.3 · Anonymousquotation, high confidenceca. 380

Deuteronomy 16:21

Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

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Deut 16:21Homilies on Jeremiah 4.4 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 240