New International Version Roast it and eat it at the place the LORD your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. New Living Translation Roast the lamb and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses. Then you may go back to your tents the next morning. English Standard Version And you shall cook it and eat it at the place that the LORD your God will choose. And in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. Berean Standard Bible And 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. Berean Literal Bible And you shall roast it and eat it in the place that YHWH your God chooses, and you shall turn in the morning and go to your tents. King James Bible 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. New King James Version And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. New American Standard Bible You shall cook and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents. NASB 1995 “You shall cook and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents. NASB 1977 “And you shall cook and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses. And in the morning you are to return to your tents. Legacy Standard Bible And you shall cook and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents. Amplified Bible You shall cook and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents. Berean Annotated Bible And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God {YHWH Eloheka} will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents. Christian Standard Bible You are to cook and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses, and you are to return to your tents in the morning. Holman Christian Standard Bible You are to cook and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses, and you are to return to your tents in the morning. American Standard Version And 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. Contemporary English Version Then cook it and eat it there at the place of worship, returning to your tents the next morning. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Cook the meat, and eat it at the place the LORD your God will choose. In the morning you may go back to your tents. Good News Translation Boil the meat and eat it at the one place of worship; and the next morning return home. International Standard Version Boil and eat the Passover meal at the place that the LORD your God will choose. In the morning you may go back to your tents. NET Bible You must cook and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents. New Heart English Bible You shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents. Webster's Bible Translation 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 to thy tents. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleAnd 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. World English Bible You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God chooses. In the morning you shall return to your tents. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand you have cooked and eaten in the place on which your God YHWH fixes, and have turned in the morning and gone to your tents; Berean Literal Bible And you shall roast it and eat it in the place that YHWH your God chooses, and you shall turn in the morning and go to your tents. Young's Literal Translation and 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; Smith's Literal Translation And boil thou and eat in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose in it: and turn in the morning and go to thy tents. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd thou shalt dress, and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, and in the morning rising up thou shalt go into thy dwellings. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall cook and eat it in the place which the Lord your God will choose, and, rising up in the morning, you shall go into your tent. New American Bible You shall cook and eat it at the place the LORD, your God, will choose; then in the morning you may return to your tents. New Revised Standard Version You shall cook it and eat it at the place that the LORD your God will choose; the next morning you may go back to your tents. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd you shall cook it and eat it in the place which the LORD your God shall choose; and you shall turn in the morning and go to your tents. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And roast and eat in the place that LORD JEHOVAH your God has chosen for it, and return at dawn and go to your dwellings. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou shalt boil and roast and eat it in the place, which the Lord thy God shall choose; and thou shalt return in the morning, and go to thy house. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context The Feast of the Passover…6You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt. 7And 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. 8For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.… Cross References And you shall roast it and eat it Exodus 12:8 They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Numbers 9:11 Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs; 2 Chronicles 35:13 They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people. in the place the LORD your God will choose, Deuteronomy 12:5 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. Deuteronomy 12:11 then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD. Deuteronomy 12:14 you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you. and in the morning you shall return to your tents. Deuteronomy 5:30 Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’ 1 Kings 12:16 When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home, 1 Samuel 1:19 The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. Exodus 12:46 It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones. Exodus 29:31-32 You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place. / At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket. Leviticus 23:5-6 The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 1 Samuel 1:3 Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD. 1 Samuel 1:21 Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow, Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. Ezekiel 45:21 On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten. Treasury of Scripture And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents. roast 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… 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. Psalm 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… in the place Deuteronomy 16:2,6 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… 2 Kings 23:23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. John 2:13,23 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, … Jump to Previous Boil Choose Chooses Cook Cooked Eat Eaten Marked Morning Roast Tents Turn TurnedJump to Next Boil Choose Chooses Cook Cooked Eat Eaten Marked Morning Roast Tents Turn TurnedDeuteronomy 16 1. The feast of the Passover9. of weeks 13. of tabernacles 16. Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts 18. Of judges and justice 21. Asherah poles and images are forbidden And you shall roast it and eat it The Passover lamb was prepared and eaten as the memorial of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt. The meal recalled the night when the Lord spared the homes marked by the lamb’s blood and brought His people out of bondage. Its sacrifice also pointed forward to Christ, the true Passover Lamb, whose death secures deliverance from sin. Exo 12:8 They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire… in the place the LORD your God will choose, Passover was to be observed at the sanctuary God appointed for His name, rather than at private local altars. This requirement united Israel in worship, guarded against idolatrous practices, and acknowledged the Lord’s authority over the nation. The chosen place was later established in Jerusalem. Deu 12:5 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God… and in the morning you shall return to your tents. After the Passover observance, the worshipers were to return to their homes, carrying with them the remembrance of God’s mighty deliverance. The command preserved the yearly pattern of gathering before the Lord and returning to ordinary life under the covenant He had established. Deu 5:30 Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’ Persons / Places / Events 1. The IsraelitesThe primary audience of Deuteronomy, the Israelites are God's chosen people, receiving instructions on how to live in covenant with Him. 2. The LORD (Yahweh) The covenant God of Israel, who provides specific instructions for worship and living. 3. The Place the LORD Chooses Refers to the designated location for worship and sacrifice, which would later be identified as Jerusalem, the central place of worship for Israel. 4. The Passover Sacrifice The event being described involves the preparation and consumption of the Passover lamb, a key element of the Passover festival commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt. 5. Tents Symbolic of the Israelites' nomadic life during the Exodus and their temporary dwellings during the festival celebrations. Teaching Points Obedience to God's InstructionsThe Israelites were to follow God's specific instructions for worship, highlighting the importance of obedience in our relationship with God. Centrality of Worship Worship was to be conducted in the place God chose, emphasizing the centrality and unity of worship in the life of believers. Remembrance and Celebration The Passover was a time to remember God's deliverance and celebrate His faithfulness, encouraging us to regularly reflect on and celebrate God's work in our lives. Temporary vs. Permanent The return to tents symbolizes the temporary nature of earthly life, pointing us to the eternal dwelling we have with God through Christ. Community and Fellowship The communal aspect of the Passover meal underscores the importance of fellowship and unity within the body of Christ. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Deuteronomy 16:7?2. How does Deuteronomy 16:7 instruct us to observe the Passover today? 3. What does "cook and eat it" signify about obedience in worship practices? 4. How can Deuteronomy 16:7 deepen our understanding of Christ as the Passover Lamb? 5. What role does community play in celebrating as instructed in Deuteronomy 16:7? 6. How can we apply the principles of Deuteronomy 16:7 in our daily worship? 7. What does Deuteronomy 16:7 reveal about the importance of communal worship in ancient Israelite society? 8. How does the command in Deuteronomy 16:7 reflect the significance of obedience in faith? 9. Why is the specific location for sacrifice emphasized in Deuteronomy 16:7? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 16? Verse 7. - Thou shalt roast. The verb here primarily signifies to be matured by heat for eating; hence to be ripened as by the sun's heat (Genesis 40:10; Joel 3:13; Hebrews 4:13); and to be cooked, whether by boiling, seething, or roasting. Here it is properly rendered by roast, as it was thus only that the Paschal lamb could be cooked. And go unto thy tents; return to thy place of abode; not necessarily to thy proper home (which might be far distant), but to the place where for the time thou hast thy lodging. The phrase, "thy tents," which originally came into use while as yet Israel had no settled abodes in Canaan, came afterwards to be used as a general designation of a man's home or usual place of abode (cf. 1 Samuel 13:2; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 8:66, etc.). Deuteronomy 16:7 teaches literal obedience to God’s Passover instructions: roast the lamb, eat it together, do so at His chosen place, and then resume daily life changed by what He has done. The verse underscores wholehearted compliance, communal fellowship, submission to God-appointed worship, and a life that moves from sacred celebration to ordinary faithfulness—realities fully realized in Jesus, our perfect Passover Lamb. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And you shall roastוּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֙ (ū·ḇiš·šal·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1310: To boil up, cooking, to ripen and eat it וְאָ֣כַלְתָּ֔ (wə·’ā·ḵal·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat in the place בַּמָּק֕וֹם (bam·mā·qō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative will choose, יִבְחַ֛ר (yiḇ·ḥar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 977: To try, select and in the morning בַבֹּ֔קֶר (ḇab·bō·qer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning you shall return וְהָלַכְתָּ֖ (wə·hā·laḵ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to your tents. לְאֹהָלֶֽיךָ׃ (lə·’ō·hā·le·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 168: A tent Additonal Resources Deuteronomy 16:7 Blue Letter BibleDeuteronomy 16:7 Bible Gateway Deuteronomy 16:7 Bible.com Deuteronomy 16:7 NIV |
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