Deuteronomy 16:1-8

International Children’s Bible

The Passover

16 Celebrate the Passover of the Lord your God during the month of Abib. It was during Abib that he brought you out of Egypt at night. ² Offer a sacrifice for the Passover to the Lord your God. It should be an animal from your flock or herd. Offer it at the place the Lord will choose to be worshiped. ³ Do not eat it with bread made with yeast. But for seven days eat bread made without yeast. This is the bread of suffering because you left Egypt in a hurry. So all your life you will remember the time you left Egypt. ⁴ There must be no yeast anywhere in your land for seven days. Offer the sacrifice on the evening of the first day. Eat all the meat before morning. Do not leave it overnight.

⁵ Do not offer the Passover sacrifice in just any town the Lord your God gives you. ⁶ Offer it in the place he will choose to be worshiped. Offer it in the evening as the sun goes down. That is when you left Egypt. ⁷ Roast the meat. Then eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. The next morning go back to your tents. ⁸ Eat bread made without yeast for six days. On the seventh day have a special meeting for the Lord your God. Do not work that day.