Deuteronomy 16:6

but at the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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

5You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you;

7You shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses. In the morning you shall return to your tents.

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Cross References

Numbers 9:3On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed season. You shall keep it according to all its statutes and according to all its ordinances.”

Deuteronomy 12:5But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there.

Hebrews 1:2has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

1 Peter 1:19but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, 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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