Deuteronomy 16:1–8

The Festival of Passover

16“Observe the month of Abib ^ijand celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, because the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night in the month of Abib. ^k2Sacrifice to Yahweh your God a Passover animal from the herd or flock in the place where the Lord chooses to have His name dwell. ^l3You must not eat leavened bread with it. ^mFor seven days you are to eat unleavened bread with it, the bread of hardship—because you left the land of Egypt in a hurry ⁿ—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. ⁴No yeast is to be found anywhere in your territory for seven days, ^oand none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day is to remain until morning. ^p5You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns the Lord your God is giving you. ⁶You must only sacrifice the Passover animal at the place where Yahweh your God chooses to have His name dwell. Do this in the evening as the sun sets at the same time of day you departed from Egypt. ⁷You 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. ⁸You must eat unleavened bread for six days. On the seventh day there is to be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God, and you must not do any work.