Deuteronomy 16:2

“Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, etc.] 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, (<460507>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, (<042819>Numbers 28:19,24) and are expressly called passover offerings and peace offerings, (<143021>2 Chronicles 30:21-24 35:7,8,9), for what was strictly and properly the…”

“Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover--not the paschal lamb, which was strictly and properly the passover. The whole solemnity is here meant, as is evident from the mention of the additional victims that required to be offered on the subsequent days of the feast (Num 28:18-19; Ch2 35:8-9), and from the allusion to the continued use of unleavened bread for seven days, whereas the passover itself was to be eaten at once. The words before us are equivalent to "thou shalt observe the feast of the passover."”

“The cardinal point on which the whole of the prescriptions in this chapter turn, is evidently the same as has been so often insisted on in the previous chapters, namely, the concentration of the religious services of the people round one common sanctuary. The prohibition against observing the great Feasts of Passover, Pentecost, and tabernacle, the three annual epochs in the sacred year of the Jew, at home and in private, is reiterated in a variety of words no less than six times in the first sixteen verses of this chapter Deuteronomy 16:2, Deuteronomy 16:6-7, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:15-16. Hence, it is easy to see why nothing is here said of the other holy days. The Feast of…”

“The passover - That is, the feast of the passover, and so the place may be rendered, thou shalt therefore observe the feast of the passover unto the Lord thy God, with sheep, and with oxen, as is prescribed, Num 28:18, &c. Deuteronomy 16:3”

“16:2 the place . . . for his name to be honored: The Lord’s name represented the Lord himself. When he placed his name in the Tabernacle or Temple, he was effectively taking up residence there (see 12:5, 18).”

“sacrifice: Exo 12:5-7; Num 28:16-19; Ch2 35:7; Mat 26:2, Mat 26:17; Mar 14:12; Luk 22:8, Luk 22:15; Co1 5:7 in the place which: Deu 12:5, Deu 12:11, Deu 12:14, Deu 12:18, Deu 12:26, Deu 15:20 Deuteronomy 16:3”