Deuteronomy 16:6

But in the place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place of his name, there you are to put the Passover to death in the evening, at sundown, at that time of the year when you came out of Egypt.

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In The King James Version

But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

In Context

5The Passover offering is not to be put to death in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you:

7It is to be cooked and taken as food in the place marked out by the Lord: and in the morning you are to go back to your tents.

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Cross References

Numbers 9:3In the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you are to keep it at the regular time, and in the way ordered in the law.

Deuteronomy 12:5But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;

Hebrews 1:2But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;

1 Peter 1:19But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:2-18

Yearly Release. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of… Read the whole commentary →

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