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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. [a]You are not to make the Passover sacrifice in any of the towns that the Lord, your God, has given you. 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:5 The celebration of Passover at the sanctuary and not in the family home is a deuteronomic innovation that would be preserved only among the Samaritans.

Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening(A) of the first day remain until morning.(B)

You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary[a](C) of your departure from Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:6 Or down, at the time of day