Deuteronomy 16:2

16:2 You must sacrifice the Passover animal ¹  (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he ²  chooses to locate his name.

Deuteronomy 16:6

16:6 but you must sacrifice it ³  in the evening in ⁴  the place where he ⁵  chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 16:11

16:11 You shall rejoice before him ⁶  – you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, ⁷  the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you – in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.

[16:2]  ¹ tn Heb “sacrifice the Passover” (so NASB). The word “animal” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[16:2]  ² tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in the previous verse.

[16:6]  ³ tn Heb “the Passover.” The translation uses a pronoun to avoid redundancy in English.

[16:6]  ⁴ 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.”

[16:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “gates.”