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.
Instead, you must sacrifice the Passover lamb only at the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name. Do this in the evening when the sun goes down, at the same time of year when you came out of Egypt.
God is telling His people they can only celebrate Passover at the specific place He designates, and it must be done at sunset during the same season they left Egypt.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses was delivering a series of laws and reminders to the Israelites as they prepared to enter the Promised Land after their exodus from Egypt. This verse emphasizes that the Passover sacrifice, which commemorated God's deliverance of the Israelites from slavery, had to be performed at a specific location chosen by God to centralize worship and prevent the spread of idolatry. This instruction helped maintain the purity of their religious practices amid surrounding pagan influences.
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