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Deuteronomy 16:7

Deuteronomy 16:7
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose,.... The word for "roast" signifies to "boil", and is justly so used, and so Onkelos here renders it, and the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 16:1-8

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 16:1-17

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,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And thou shalt seethe] The Heb. bashalmay be used in the general sense of cooking, but it usually means to boil(Deu 14:21; 1Sa 2:13; 1Sa 2:15). The R.V. roastis due to the effort to harmonise this law…