You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and the herd, in the place where the Lord chooses to put His name.
- NASB You shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where the Lord chooses to establish His name.
- NLT Your Passover sacrifice may be from either the flock or the herd, and it must be sacrificed to the Lord your God at the designated place of worship—the place he chooses for his name to be honored.
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Quick answer
The Passover sacrifice was to be offered at the place God would choose to put his name. Redemption was to be celebrated in centralized, God-ordained worship.
Overview
Deuteronomy centralizes the Passover at the chosen sanctuary rather than allowing it everywhere, uniting Israel in shared worship. The accompanying offerings from flock and herd marked the festival's solemn joy. The 'place where his name dwells' looks ahead to the temple and ultimately to Christ, in whom God meets and saves his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Deut 12:5But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and there you shall come.
- Deut 12:26Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose.
- Mark 14:12On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?”
- Luke 22:8He sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”
- Luke 22:15He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,
- Matt 26:17Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
- 1 Cor 5:7Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.
- Deut 12:14but in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.
- Deut 15:20You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household.
- Exod 12:5–7Your lamb shall be without defect, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
- Num 28:16–19“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Yahweh’s Passover.
- Matt 26:2“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
- Deut 12:11then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.
- Deut 12:18but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.
- 2 Chr 35:7Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and young goats, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls. These were of the king’s substance.
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