- Bible
- Deuteronomy
- Chapter 16
- Verse 5
Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
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Gill's Exposition
Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates,.... Or cities, as the Targum of Jonathan, so called because they usually had gates to them, in which public affairs were transacted; but…
The cardinal point on which the whole of the prescriptions in this chapter turn, is evidently the same as has been so often insisted on in the previous chapters, namely, the concentration of the…
Much of the communion between God and his people Israel was kept up, and a face of religion preserved in the nation, by the three yearly feasts, the institution of which, and the laws concerning them,…
See on Deu 16:16. For at even, P, Exo 12:6, employs his technical expression between the two evenings, on which see Driver's note. Season, set timeor date, i.e. hour of day.