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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.
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More Than Just a Lamb
Commentators clarify that while the specific Passover meal involved a lamb or kid ("of the flock"), the instruction to also sacrifice "of the herd" refers to the entire seven-day festival. Other offerings, such as bullocks for the "Chagigah" or festival offering, were part of the complete celebration.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The cardinal point on which all the regulations in this chapter depend is evidently the same as has been so often emphasized in the previous chapte…
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 16:1–8. THE PASSOVER. ()
The month Abib was so called from the “ears of c…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord your God In the month Abib, …
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