5 You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you

Other Translations of Deuteronomy 16:5

King James Version

5 Thou mayest not sacrifice sacrifice: or, kill the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee:

English Standard Version

5 You may not offer the Passover sacrifice within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you,

The Message

5 Don't sacrifice the Passover in any of the towns that God, your God, gives you

New King James Version

5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you;

New Living Translation

5 "You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of the towns that the Lord your God is giving you.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:5

Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:1-17

(Read 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 the kingdom of heaven. They must rejoice in their receivings from God, and in their returns of service and sacrifice to him; our duty must be our delight, as well as our enjoyment. If those who were under the law must rejoice before God, much more we that are under the grace of the gospel; which makes it our duty to rejoice evermore, to rejoice in the Lord always. When we rejoice in God ourselves, we should do what we can to assist others also to rejoice in him, by comforting the mourners, and supplying those who are in want. All who make God their joy, may rejoice in hope, for He is faithful that has promised.