Deuteronomy 16:7

Deuteronomy 16:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And 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.
• New International Version (NIV)Roast it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall cook it and eat it at the place that the Lord your God will choose. And in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the Lord your God chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents.

Context of Deuteronomy 16:7

5You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns the Lord your God is giving you. 6Sacrifice the Passover animal only at the place where the Lord your God chooses to have his name dwell. Do this in the evening as the sun sets at the same time of day you departed from Egypt. You are to cook and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses, and you are to return to your tents in the morning. 8Eat unleavened bread for six days. On the seventh day there is to be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God; do not do any work. 9“You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.

Deuteronomy 16:7 word by word

וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֙ וְאָ֣כַלְתָּ֔ בַּמָּק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ בּ֑וֹ וּפָנִ֣יתָ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וְהָלַכְתָּ֖ לְאֹהָלֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt roastבָּשַׁלbâshal · to boilH1310
• and eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• in the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• shall chooseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• and thou shalt turnפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• and goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• unto thy tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 16:7

• Exodus 12:8They are to eat the meat that night; they should eat it, roasted over the fire along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
• 2 Chronicles 35:13They roasted the Passover lambs with fire according to regulation. They boiled the holy sacrifices in pots, kettles, and bowls; and they quickly brought them to the lay people.
• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me.
• Deuteronomy 16:2Sacrifice to the Lord your God a Passover animal from the herd or flock in the place where the Lord chooses to have his name dwell.
• 2 Kings 23:23But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the Lord’s Passover was observed in Jerusalem.
• John 2:13The Jewish Passover was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
• John 11:55Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-8Verses 1-8 The cardinal point on which the whole of the prescriptions in this chapter turn, is evidently the same as has been so often insisted on in the previous chapters, namely, the concentration of the religious services of the people round one common sanctuary. The prohibition against observing the great Feasts of Passover, Pentecost, and tabernacle, the three annual epochs in the sacred year of the Jew, at home and in private, is reiterated in a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8The Passover (Hebrew pesakh) is the feast celebrating God's deliverance of Israel from the tenth plague and from slavery in Egypt (see Exodus 11–12; Leviticus 23:5–8). The exodus was so important in Israel's history that the month of Abib, when it happened, became the start of Israel's yearly calendar (see Exodus 12:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. thou shalt roast and eat it--(See on Ex 12:8; compare 2Ch 35:13). thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents--The sense of this passage, on the first glance of the words, seems to point to the morning after the first day--the passover eve. Perhaps, however, the divinely appointed duration of this feast, the solemn character and important object, the journey of the people from the distant parts of the land to be present, and the recorded…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 16:7

• Passover
• Worship

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings