Deuteronomy 16 · Verse 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.
Deuteronomy 16:7, King James Version

Deuteronomy 16:7 in other translations

BSBAnd you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.
WEBYou shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses. In the morning you shall return to your tents.
ASVAnd thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
YLTand thou hast cooked and eaten in the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix, and hast turned in the morning, and gone to thy tents;
DARBYAnd thou shalt cook and eat it at the place which Jehovah thy God will choose; and in the morning shalt thou turn and go unto thy tents.
BBEIt is to be cooked and taken as food in the place marked out by the Lord: and in the morning you are to go back to your tents.
WebsterAnd 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 to thy tents.

What does Deuteronomy 16:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. thou shalt roast and eat it--(See on Ex 12:8; compare 2Ch 35:13). thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents--The sense of this passage, on the first glance of the words, seems to point to the morning after the first day--the passover eve. Perhaps, however, the divinely appointed duration of this feast, the solemn character and important object, the journey of the people from the distant parts of the land to be present, and the recorded examples of their continuing all the time (2Ch 30:21 35:17), (though these may be considered extraordinary, and therefore exceptional occasions), may warrant the conclusion that the leave given to the people to return home was to be on the morning after the completion of the seven days.

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 16:7 in the original Hebrew

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וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֙u.vi.shal.Taand you will cook [it]H1310
וְאָ֣כַלְתָּ֔ve.'A.khal.taand you will eat [it]H398
בַּמָּק֕וֹםba.ma.Komin the placeH4725
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
יִבְחַ֛רyiv.Charhe will chooseH977
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
בּ֑וֹbo<in> it
וּפָנִ֣יתָu.fa.Ni.taand you will turnH6437
בַבֹּ֔קֶרva.Bo.kerin the morningH1242
וְהָלַכְתָּ֖ve.ha.lakh.Taand you will goH1980
לְאֹהָלֶֽיךָ\׃le.'o.ha.Lei.khato tents yourH168

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 16:7

  • 2 Chronicles 35:13

    And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.

  • Psalms 22:14-15

    I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

  • John 2:13

    And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

  • John 2:23

    Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

  • 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.

  • 2 Kings 23:23

    But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.

  • 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.

  • Exodus 12:8-9

    And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

  • John 11:55

    And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
roast.
Ex 12:8,9; 2Ch 35:13; Ps 22:14,15
in the place.
2,6; 2Ki 23:23; Joh 2:13,23; 11:55

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Context

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 16:8

    Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

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Deuteronomy 16:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y la asarás y comerás en el lugar que Jehová tu Dios hubiere escogido; y por la mañana te volverás y restituirás á tu morada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et tu la cuiras et la mangeras au lieu que l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, aura choisi; et le matin tu t’en retourneras, et tu t’en iras dans tes tentes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und du sollst es braten und essen an dem Orte, den Jehova, dein Gott, erwählen wird. Und am Morgen sollst du dich wenden und nach deinen Zelten gehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et coques, et comedes in loco quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus, maneque consurgens vades in tabernacula tua.