Deutéronome 16:2

2 Tu sacrifieras la Pâque à l'Eternel, ton Dieu, tes victimes de menu et de gros bétail, dans le lieu que l'Eternel choisira pour y faire résider son nom.

Deutéronome 16:2 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 16:2

Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy
God
In the month Abib, and in the night of that month they came out of Egypt, even on the fourteenth day of it at night, between the two evenings, as the Targum of Jonathan; which was a lamb, and typical of Christ, the passover sacrificed for us, ( 1 Corinthians 5:7 )

of the flock and the herd;
that is, you shall sacrifice also the offerings which were offered throughout the seven days of unleavened bread, and these were both sheep and oxen, ( Numbers 28:19 Numbers 28:24 ) and are expressly called passover offerings and peace offerings, ( 2 Chronicles 30:21-24 ) ( 2 Chronicles 35:7 2 Chronicles 35:8 2 Chronicles 35:9 ) , for what was strictly and properly the passover was only of the flock, a lamb, and not of the herd, or a bullock; though Aben Ezra says there were some that thought that in Egypt it was only a lamb or a kid, but now it might be a bullock; which he observes is not right. It may be indeed that the word "passover" here is a general term, comprehending the whole passover solemnity, and all the sacrifices of the seven days: the Jews commonly understand this clause of the Chagigah, or feast of the fifteenth day, the first day of unleavened bread, and so the Targum of Jonathan,

``and the sheep and the oxen on the morrow;''

some distinguish them thus, the flock for the duty of the passover, the herd for the peace offerings, so Aben Ezra; or as Jarchi interprets it, the flock of the lambs and kids, and the herd for the Chagigah or festival; in the Talmud ^F13; the flock, this is the passover; the herd, this is the Chagigah, so Abendana: there was a Chagigah of the fourteenth day, which was brought with the lamb and eaten first, when the company was too large for the lamb, that their might eat with satiety ^F14; but this was not reckoned obligatory upon them ^F15, but they were bound to bring their Chagigah on the fifteenth day:

in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name
there;
that is, at Jerusalem, as the event has shown; hence we read of the parents of our Lord going up to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover, ( Luke 2:41 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 70. 2.
F14 Jarchi in loc. Maimon. Hilchot Corban Pesach, c. 8. l. 3.
F15 T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 71. 1, 2. Maimon. ut supra, (^F14) c. 10. sect. 13. Aruch in voc. (gx) , fol. 58. 1.

Deutéronome 16:2 In-Context

1 Observe le mois des épis, et célèbre la Pâque en l'honneur de l'Eternel, ton Dieu; car c'est dans le mois des épis que l'Eternel, ton Dieu, t'a fait sortir d'Egypte, pendant la nuit.

2 Tu sacrifieras la Pâque à l'Eternel, ton Dieu, tes victimes de menu et de gros bétail, dans le lieu que l'Eternel choisira pour y faire résider son nom.

3 Pendant la fête, tu ne mangeras pas du pain levé, mais tu mangeras sept jours des pains sans levain, du pain d'affliction, car c'est avec précipitation que tu es sorti du pays d'Egypte: il en sera ainsi, afin que tu te souviennes toute ta vie du jour où tu es sorti du pays d'Egypte.

4 On ne verra point chez toi de levain, dans toute l'étendue de ton pays, pendant sept jours; et aucune partie des victimes que tu sacrifieras le soir du premier jour ne sera gardée pendant la nuit jusqu'au matin.

5 Tu ne pourras point sacrifier la Pâque dans l'un quelconque des lieux que l'Eternel, ton Dieu, te donne pour demeure;