Deuteronomy 16:7

And thou shalt dress and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall favour, and in the morning turn and go to thy tent.

Targum Onkelos

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 in the place which the Lord thy God will approve to make His Shekinah dwell, there thou shalt sacrifice the pascha, in the evening, at the going away of the sun; the time of thy coming out of Mizraim.

8Six days thou shalt eat unleavened, and on the seventh day gather together before the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:9You shall not eat of it while living, neither boiled with boiling in water, but roasted with fire; his head with his feet and his inwards.

Deuteronomy 16:2And thou shalt sacrifice the pascha before the Lord thy God, with the lambs (young) of thy flock, and with consecrated victims from thy herd, in the place which the Lord will choose to make His Shekinah dwell there.

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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