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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/16.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/16.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the LORD your God gives you<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You may not offer the Passover sacrifice within any of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your towns which the LORD your God is giving you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your towns which the LORD your God is giving you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your towns which the LORD your God is giving you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your gates <i>of the towns</i> which Yahweh your God is giving you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover [lamb] in any of your cities which the LORD your God is giving you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns the LORD your God is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns the LORD your God is giving you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Don't offer the Passover sacrifice in just any town where you happen to live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You're not allowed to slaughter the animals for Passover in any of the cities the LORD your God is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"You must not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates, which the LORD your God gives you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You are not able to sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which your God YHWH is giving to you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Thou art not able to sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt not be able to sacrifice the passover in one of thy gates which Jehovah thy God gave to thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou mayst not immolate the phase in any one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God will give thee: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You cannot immolate the Passover in any of your cities, which the Lord your God will give to you, that you wish,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You may not sacrifice the Passover in any of the communities which the LORD, your God, gives you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You are not permitted to offer the passover sacrifice within any of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />It is unlawful for you to sacrifice the passover within any of your towns which the LORD your God gives you:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />It is not legal for you to kill the Passover in one of your cities that LORD JEHOVAH your God gives to you:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover-offering within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />thou shalt not have power to sacrifice the passover in any of the cities, which the Lord thy God gives thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=4628" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/16.htm">The Feast of the Passover</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You are not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201: ṯū·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To be able, have power. Or yakowl; a primitive root; to be able, literally or morally."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: liz·bō·aḥ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">to sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6453.htm" title="6453: hap·pā·saḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- Passover. From pacach; a pretermission, i.e. Exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover.">the Passover animal</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: bə·’a·ḥaḏ (Prep-b:: Number-msc) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">in any</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: šə·‘ā·re·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">of the towns</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nō·ṯên (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">is giving</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3</a></span><br />And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">2 Chronicles 7:12</a></span><br />the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-21.htm">Exodus 12:21-27</a></span><br />Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb. / Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning. / When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/17-3.htm">Leviticus 17:3-4</a></span><br />‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it / instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5-7</a></span><br />Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. / To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks. / There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13-14</a></span><br />Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see; / you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-6.htm">2 Chronicles 6:6</a></span><br />But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29</a></span><br />May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16</a></span><br />For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20-24</a></span><br />Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-12</a></span><br />But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. / He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-21.htm">Matthew 23:21</a></span><br />And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-13.htm">John 2:13-17</a></span><br />When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. / In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-41.htm">Luke 2:41-42</a></span><br />Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. / And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-27.htm">Acts 8:27</a></span><br />So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You may not sacrifice the passover within any of your gates, which the LORD your God gives you:</p><p class="hdg">sacrifice.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Deuteronomy 16:2</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5,6</a></b></br> But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, <i>even</i> unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Allowed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-10.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Passover-Offering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-4.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-22.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-22.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Allowed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-5.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-20.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-6.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-6.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-6.htm">Passover-Offering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-6.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-14.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">The feast of the Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">of weeks</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">of tabernacles</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Of judges and justice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-21.htm">Asherah poles and images are forbidden</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal</b><br>The Passover sacrifice was a central element of the Jewish faith, commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt. The specific instruction not to sacrifice the Passover animal in just any location underscores the importance of centralized worship and adherence to God's commands. This reflects the broader biblical theme of obedience and the significance of the Passover as a type of Christ, who is referred to as our Passover lamb in <a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a>.<p><b>in any of the towns</b><br>The mention of "towns" highlights the transition from a nomadic lifestyle to a settled existence in the Promised Land. This instruction emphasizes the need for unity and centralization in worship practices, which would later be fulfilled in the establishment of Jerusalem as the religious center. It also points to the importance of community and collective worship, as opposed to individual or isolated practices.<p><b>that the LORD your God is giving you</b><br>This phrase underscores the divine provision and promise of the land to the Israelites. It serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness and the covenant relationship between God and His people. The land is a gift from God, and with it comes the responsibility to follow His commandments. This also foreshadows the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises through Jesus Christ, who provides spiritual rest and inheritance for believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, who is delivering God's laws and instructions to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are receiving these instructions as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is giving these commands to ensure proper worship and remembrance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/passover.htm">Passover</a></b><br>A significant Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt, involving the sacrifice of a lamb.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, where these laws are to be observed.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/centralized_worship.htm">Centralized Worship</a></b><br>The command to sacrifice the Passover only at a designated place underscores the importance of unity and centralization in worship. This principle can be applied today by valuing communal worship and the gathering of believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The Israelites were instructed to follow God's specific guidelines for worship. This teaches us the importance of adhering to God's Word and instructions in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembrance_and_celebration.htm">Remembrance and Celebration</a></b><br>Passover was a time to remember God's deliverance. Similarly, Christians are called to remember Christ's sacrifice through practices like communion, which fosters gratitude and reflection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_reverence.htm">Holiness and Reverence</a></b><br>The requirement for a specific place for sacrifices highlights the need for reverence in worship. We should approach God with a sense of holiness and respect in our worship practices.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_passover_sacrifice_sites.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5–7: How do we reconcile sacrificing the Passover “in the place the Lord chooses” with Exodus 12’s instruction to kill the lamb at home?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_christians_celebrate_passover.htm">Is it appropriate for Christians to celebrate Passover?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_insist_on_one_worship_site_in_deut._12_5.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:5, why does the text insist on a single worship location when Israel's central sanctuary seems to have varied or been established later in Jerusalem?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_distant_israelites_follow_lev._17.htm">Since Leviticus 17 requires sacrifices at one specific location, how did ancient Israelites living far away or outside Israel consistently adhere to this command?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 5, 6.</span> - Not in their own houses or places of abode might the Paschal lamb be slain and eaten, but only at the place, which the Lord should choose to place his Name there. On the first occasion, while the people were still in Egypt and had no sanctuary or specially holy place where Jehovah s Name was set, the Passover was eaten in their own houses; but when God should choose a place as his sanctuary, only there could the ordinance be observed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You are not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to sacrifice</span><br /><span class="heb">לִזְבֹּ֣חַ</span> <span class="translit">(liz·bō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter for sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Passover animal</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפָּ֑סַח</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pā·saḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6453.htm">Strong's 6453: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pretermission, exemption, Passover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in any</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַחַ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’a·ḥaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the towns</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·‘ā·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, gate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is giving you.</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹתֵ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(nō·ṯên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 16:5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within (Deut. 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