Deuteronomy 16:1-8

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 16

Feast of the Passover.^{[a] 1} Observe the month of Abib,^[b] and celebrate the Passover of the Lord, your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord, your God, brought you forth from Egypt during the night. ² Make a Passover sacrifice from your flock or your herd to the Lord, your God, in the place where the Lord has chosen to place his name. ³ Do not eat leavened bread, but eat unleavened bread for seven days. This is the bread of affliction, for you had to leave the land of Egypt in haste. Thus, all of your life you will remember the day that you came forth from Egypt. ⁴ There should be no leavened bread in your entire land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat of the sacrifice that was made on the first evening remain until the next morning. ^5 [c]You are not to make the Passover sacrifice in any of the towns that the Lord, your God, has given you. ⁶ Do it only in the place that the Lord, your God, has chosen to place his name. You will make the Passover sacrifice in the evening, when the sun goes down, at the time when you went forth out of Egypt. ⁷ Roast the lamb and eat it in the place that the Lord, your God, will choose. Then, in the morning, return to your homes. ⁸ For six days you are to eat unleavened bread. Then, on the seventh day, you will hold a solemn assembly to the Lord, your God, and you are to do no heavy labor.