Deuteronomy 16:5

16:5 You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages 1  that the Lord your God is giving you,

Deuteronomy 16:1-2

The Passover-Unleavened Bread Festival

16:1 Observe the month Abib 2  and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in that month 3  he 4  brought you out of Egypt by night. 16:2 You must sacrifice the Passover animal 5  (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he 6  chooses to locate his name.

Deuteronomy 16:6

16:6 but you must sacrifice it 7  in the evening in 8  the place where he 9  chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt.

1 tn Heb “gates.”

2 sn The month Abib, later called Nisan (Neh 2:1; Esth 3:7), corresponds to March-April in the modern calendar.

3 tn Heb “in the month Abib.” The demonstrative “that” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

4 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

3 tn Heb “sacrifice the Passover” (so NASB). The word “animal” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

4 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in the previous verse.

4 tn Heb “the Passover.” The translation uses a pronoun to avoid redundancy in English.

5 tc The MT reading אֶל (’el, “unto”) before “the place” should, following Smr, Syriac, Targums, and Vulgate, be omitted in favor of ב (bet; בַּמָּקוֹם, bammaqom), “in the place.”

6 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.