Deuteronomy 16:6
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.
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ASV
but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell 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.
KJV
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.
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Commentary
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Three times a year, on the road
This passage sets the rhythm behind half the New Testament's travel scenes: three times a year (Passover, Weeks, Tabernacles) every Israelite male was to appear “before the LORD” at the one chosen place, which became Jerusalem. That is pilgrimage: whole families and villages walking or riding for days, camping, filling the city to bursting. It is why the boy Jesus is in Jerusalem in Luke 2, why the city is crowded at the crucifixion, and why devout Jews “from every nation” are there at Pentecost in Acts 2.
The Mishnah opens its tractate on the festival visit by asking exactly who is obligated to make the trip (Chagigah 1:1): men were bound; women and children came freely, as Mary did.
Sources: Mishnah Chagigah 1:1 (who must appear) · Luke 2:41 (the family's yearly pilgrimage)
Original language & word study
20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֠י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| אִֽם־ | 'im- | except | H518 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַמָּק֞וֹם | ha.ma.Kom | the place | H4725 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | which | H834 → |
| יִבְחַ֨ר | yiv.Char | he will choose | H977 → |
| יְהוָ֤ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| לְשַׁכֵּ֣ן | le.sha.Ken | to cause to dwell | H7931 → |
| שְׁמ֔וֹ | she.Mo | name his | H8034 → |
| שָׁ֛ם | sham | there | H8033 → |
| תִּזְבַּ֥ח | tiz.Bach | you will sacrifice | H2076 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַפֶּ֖סַח | ha.Pe.sach | the passover | H6453 → |
| בָּעָ֑רֶב | ba.'A.rev | in the evening | H6153 → |
| כְּב֣וֹא | ke.Vo' | when goes | H935 → |
| הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ | ha.She.mesh | the sun | H8121 → |
| מוֹעֵ֖ד | mo.'Ed | [the] time of | H4150 → |
| צֵֽאתְךָ֥ | tze.te.Kha | coming out you | H3318 → |
| מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ | mi.mitz.Ra.yim | from Egypt | H4714 → |
The walk
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