Deuteronomy 16 · Verse 5

Deuteronomy 16:5

Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee:
Deuteronomy 16:5, King James Version

Deuteronomy 16:5 in other translations

BSBYou are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
WEBYou may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you;
ASVThou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee;
YLT‘Thou art not able to sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee,
DARBYThou mayest not sacrifice the passover in one of thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee;
BBEThe Passover offering is not to be put to death in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you:
WebsterThou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

What does Deuteronomy 16:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 16:5-6
5-6. Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates--The passover was to be observed nowhere but in the court of the tabernacle or temple, as it was not a religious feast or sacramental occasion merely, but an actual sacrifice (Ex 12:27; 23:18; 34:25). The blood had to be sprinkled on the altar and in the place where the true Passover was afterwards to be sacrificed for us "at even, at the going down of the sun"--literally, "between the evenings."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:1-17

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…

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Deuteronomy 16:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תוּכַ֖לtu.Khalyou will be ableH3201
לִזְבֹּ֣חַliz.Bo.achto sacrificeH2076
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַפָּ֑סַחha.Pa.sachthe passoverH6453
בְּאַחַ֣דbe.'a.Chadin one ofH259
שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָshe.'a.Rei.khagates yourH8179
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[is] about to giveH5414
לָֽךְ\׃Lakhto you

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 16:5

  • Deuteronomy 16:2

    Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.

  • Deuteronomy 12:5-6

    But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sacrifice. or, kill.
2; 12:5,6

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 16:4

    And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.

  • Deuteronomy 16:5

    Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee:

  • 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.

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Deuteronomy 16:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No podrás sacrificar la pascua en ninguna de tus ciudades, que Jehová tu Dios te da;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Tu ne pourras pas sacrifier la pâque dans l’une de tes portes que l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du kannst das Passah nicht in einem deiner Tore schlachten, die Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non poteris immolare Phase in qualibet urbium tuarum, quas Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi,