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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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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 16:1–8
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 16:1–8
19th Century
Bishop
Deuteronomy 16:1–8. THE PASSOVER. ()
The month Abib was so called from the “ears of c…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 16:7
17th Century
Pastor
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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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 16:1–17
17th Century
Minister
The laws for the three yearly feasts are repeated here: that of the Passover, that of Pentecost, that of Tabernacles; and the general law concernin…