Deuteronomy 16:2 “You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the…”

Deuteronomy 16:2

You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

You shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt sacrifice the passover unto Jehovah thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Jehovah shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt therefore offer the Passeouer vnto the Lord thy God, of sheepe and bullockes in the place where the Lord shall chose to cause his Name to dwell.

Darby Translation

And 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.

Young's Literal Translation

and thou hast sacrificed a passover to Jehovah thy God, of the flock, and of the herd, in the place which Jehovah doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there.

Bible in Basic English

The Passover offering, from your flock or your herd, is to be given to the Lord your God in the place marked out by him as the resting-place of his name.

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Cross references

“sacrifice”

Numbers 28:16–19 Matthew 26:17 Mark 14:12 Luke 22:8 Luke 22:15 1 Corinthians 5:7

Numbers 28:16–19 · BSB

The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.

Matthew 26:17 · BSB

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

Mark 14:12 · BSB

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

Luke 22:8 · BSB

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

Luke 22:15 · BSB

And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.

1 Corinthians 5:7 · BSB

Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

“in the place which”

Deuteronomy 12:5 Deuteronomy 12:26 Deuteronomy 12:11 Deuteronomy 12:14 Deuteronomy 12:18 Deuteronomy 15:20

Deuteronomy 12:5 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 12:26 · BSB

But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.

Deuteronomy 12:11 · BSB

then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to…

Deuteronomy 12:14 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 12:18 · BSB

Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before…

Deuteronomy 15:20 · BSB

Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

3You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

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