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You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents.
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Worship at One Place
This verse reinforces a central theme in Deuteronomy: the importance of communal worship at the single sanctuary God designated. Commentators like Albert Barnes highlight that the Passover was not a private family meal but a national pilgrimage, uniting the people in a shared act of remembrance and worship at God's chosen place.
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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
And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose The word for "roast" signifies to "boil"…
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