Deuteronomy 16:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

But at the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place His name in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֠י אִֽם־אֶל־הַמָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ לְשַׁכֵּ֣ן שְׁמ֔וֹ שָׁ֛ם תִּזְבַּ֥ח אֶת־הַפֶּ֖סַח בָּעָ֑רֶב כְּב֣וֹא הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ מוֹעֵ֖ד צֵֽאתְךָ֥ מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

kî ʾim-ʾel-hammāqôm ʾăšer-yibḥar YHWH ʾělōheykā ləšakkēn šəmô šām tizbaḥ ʾet-hapesaḥ bāʿāreb kəbôʾ haššemeš môʿēd ṣēʾtəkā mimmiṣrāyim

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - but/rather
• *ʾim*-*ʾel*: conjunction + preposition - only to
• *hammāqôm*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the place
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *yibḥar*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will choose
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾělōheykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *ləšakkēn*: preposition + piel infinitive construct - to cause to dwell
• *šəmô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name
• *šām*: adverb - there
• *tizbaḥ*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall sacrifice
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *hapesaḥ*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the Passover
• *bāʿāreb*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the evening
• *kəbôʾ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - at the coming of
• *haššemeš*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the sun
• *môʿēd*: masculine singular construct - appointed time of
• *ṣēʾtəkā*: qal infinitive construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your going out
• *mimmiṣrāyim*: preposition + proper noun - from Egypt

Word Meanings

• *kî* *ʾim*: but rather/only/except
• *yibḥar*: choose/select/prefer
• *šakkēn*: cause to dwell/establish/place
• *bāʿāreb*: in the evening/at dusk
• *kəbôʾ* *haššemeš*: at sunset/when the sun goes down
• *môʿēd*: appointed time/season/festival

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Only at the place the Lord your God chooses as His dwelling for His name shall you sacrifice the Passover offering, in the evening, at sunset, at the time you left Egypt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell 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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But in the place which the Lorde thi God shall chose to make his name dwell in, there thou shalt offer Passeouer at euen aboute the goyngdoune of the sonne, euen in the season that thou camest out of Egipte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but in the place which the LORDE thy God hath chosen, that his name maye dwell there, there shalt thou offre this Easter, at euen whan the Sonne is gone downe, euen in the same season that thou camest out of Egipte:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his Name, there thou shalt offer the Passeouer at euen, about the going downe of the sunne, in the season that thou camest out of Egypt.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But in the place which the Lorde thy God shal choose to set his name in, there thou shalt offer the Passouer at euen, about the goyng downe of the sunne, euen in the season that thou camest out of Egypt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  except at the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle -- there thou dost sacrifice the passover in the evening, at the going in of the sun, the season of thy coming out of Egypt;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But in the place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place of his name, there you are to put the Passover to death in the evening, at sundown, at that time of the year when you came out of Egypt.

• World English Bible (2000)

  but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  but you must sacrifice it in the evening in the place where he chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:6-9 : 6 And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. 7 And they shall take of the blood and put it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses in which they shall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh that night, roasted with fire, with unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs, and its entrails.
• Num 9:3 : 3 On the fourteenth day of this month, in the evening, you shall keep it at its appointed time: according to all its rites and according to all its ceremonies, you shall keep it.
• Num 9:11 : 11 On the fourteenth day of the second month at evening they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
• Deut 12:5 : 5 But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His habitation you shall come:
• Matt 26:20 : 20 Now when the evening was come, he sat down with the twelve.
• Heb 1:2-3 : 2 Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of His glory, and the exact image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Heb 9:26 : 26 For then He would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
• 1 Pet 1:19-20 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,