Deuteronomy 16:7

And thou shalt cook and eat it at the place which Jehovah thy God will choose; and in the morning shalt thou turn and go unto thy tents.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

In Context

6but at the place that Jehovah thy God will choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the time that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

8Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God; thou shalt do no work.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:9Ye shall eat none of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with its in-wards.

Deuteronomy 16:2And thou shalt sacrifice the passover to Jehovah thy God, of the flock and of the herd, in the place which Jehovah will choose to cause his name to dwell there.

2 Kings 23:23but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

John 2:23And when he was in Jerusalem, at the passover, at the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he wrought.

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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