Deuteronomy 16:6

_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._ At the going down of the sun - literally between the evenings The first of the two evenings began with the AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN - literally, between the evenings, The first of the two evenings began with the declining sun, and terminated at sunset; and the second, which commenced then, continued beyond it. The time appointed for killing the Passover was between them-namely, "at the going down of the sun" (cf. Deuteronomy 21:23; Exodus 12:6; Leviticus 23:5;...

1-17 The laws for the three yearly feasts are here repeated; that of the Passover, that of the Pentecost, that of Tabernacles; and the general law concerning the people's attendance. Never should a believer forget his low estate of guilt and misery, his deliverance, and the price it cost the Redeemer; that gratitude and joy in the Lord may be mingled with sorrow for sin, and patience under the tribulations in his way to the kingdom of heaven. They must rejoice in their receivings from God, and in their returns of service and sacrifice to him; our duty must be our delight, as well as our enjoyment. If those who were under the law must rejoice before God, much more we that are under the grace of the gospel; which makes it our duty to rejoice evermore, to rejoice in the Lord always. When we rejoice in God ourselves, we should do what we can to assist others also to rejoice in him, by comfo...

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 religious services of the people round one common sanctuary. The prohibition against observing the great Feasts of Passover, Pentecost, and tabernacle, the three annual epochs in the sacred year of the Jew, at home and in private, is reiterated in a variety of words no less than six times in the first sixteen verses of this chapter Deuteronomy 16:2, Deuteronomy 16:6, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteron

EXPOSITION CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER FESTIVAL, THE FEAST OF PENTECOST AND OF TABERNACLES. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND PREVENTION OF IDOLATRY. DEUTERONOMY 16:1 (Comp. Exodus 23:14-2; Exodus 34:18,...

BUT AT THE PLACE WHICH THE LORD THY GOD SHALL CHOOSE TO PLACE HIS NAME IN,.... To place the ark and the mercy seat with the cherubim over them, where he caused his Shechinah, or divine Majesty, to dwell; and this was at Jerusalem, where the temple was built by Solomon: THERE THOU SHALT SACRIFICE THE PASSOVER; kill and eat the paschal lamb: AT EVEN, AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN; between the two evenings it was killed, before the sun was set, and afterwards at night it was eaten; the Targum of Jonathan is, "and at evening, at the setting of the sun, ye shall eat it until the middle of the night:'' AT THE SEASON THAT THOU CAMEST FORTH OUT OF EGYPT; or as the same Targum, "the time of the beginning of your redemption out of Egypt;'' which was when Pharaoh rose at midnight, and gave them leave to go; from thence their redemption commenced, though they did not actually set out until t

12. THE FIRSTLINGS AND THE THREE FEASTS Chapter S 15:19-16:17 _ 1. Concerning the firstlings (Deuteronomy 15:19)_ 2. Passover (Deuteronomy 16:1) 3. Feast of weeks (Deuteronomy 16:9) 4. Feast of tabernacles (Deuteronomy 16:13) What is said in the closing verses of chapter 15 is supplementary to the law given concerning the first-born in Exodus 13:2; Exodus 13:12 and...

DEUTERONOMY 16. THE DEUTERONOMIC LAWS OF THE THREE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE FEASTS. These are adaptations of the older laws in Exodus 23:18 *, Exodus 34:18; Exodus 34:22 f. (general regulations); Deuteronomy 12:21 (Passover); Deuteronomy 13:3 (Unleavened Bread), all J or E (see also Leviticus 23* (H) and Numbers 28 f., Numbers 9:1; Exodus 12:1 *,...

The Passover (with Maṣṣôth) To be kept in Abib for in that month Israel was brought out of Egypt by the sacrifice of a victim from herd or flock at the One Altar (Deuteronomy 16:1 f.). For seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten Israel's food in the haste of quitting Egypt, and no leaven shall be found in their borders, nor any of the Passover flesh after the first evening (Deuteronomy 16:3 f.). The Passover shall be boiled and eaten, the people returning next morning to their tents (Deuteronomy 16:5-7); for six days Israel shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh hold a convocation and do no work (Deute

LESSON THIRTEEN DEUTERONOMY 16:1-17; DEUTERONOMY 21:22; DEUTERONOMY 17:1 d. HOLY FESTIVALS (Deuteronomy 16:1-17; Deuteronomy 21:22; Deuteronomy 17:1) (These three yearly feasts are also discussed in Exodus 23:14-17; Exodus 34:23

INJUNCTIONS REGARDING FEASTS, JUDGES, GROVES, AND IMAGES 1-8. On the Passover see Exodus 12 Leviticus 23:4; Numbers 28:16, and the notes on these passages. It will be observed that the general law of Deuteronomy 12:5 (see on Deuteronomy 12:4) is here applied to each of the three great annual festivals: see Deuteronomy 16:2; Deuteronomy 16:11;...