KJV King James Version
Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
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Deuteronomy 16:5
Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
WEB World English Bible
You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you;
ASV American Standard Version
Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Thou art not able to sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 16
2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there [any thing] of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
6 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.
7 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.
8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day [shall be] a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work [therein].
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לֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתוּכַ֖לH3201 · ya.kholbe ableלִזְבֹּ֣חַH2076 · za.vachto sacrificeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַפָּ֑סַחH6453 · pe.sachPassoverבְּאַחַ֣דH259 · e.chadoneשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָH8179 · sha.argateאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodנֹתֵ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָֽךְ׃H9031 · kayou
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 12:5-6But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:Deuteronomy 16:2Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
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