Deuteronomy 16:5 · KJV
“Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: {sacrifice: or, kill}”
— Deuteronomy 16:5
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there {any thing} of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
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.
Deuteronomy 16 — Context
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 Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
4And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there {any thing} of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
5Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: {sacrifice: or, kill}
6But 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.
7And 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.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5-6
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, {even} unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
Deuteronomy 16:2
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.