Exodus 12:7
"And they shall take of the blood, and shall put it on the two door-posts, and on the lintel, in the houses in which soever they shall eat them."
Deuteronomy 16:5—Was the passover lamb to be slain at home or at the sanctuary?
Contrasting Link: Deuteronomy 16:5 →
Deuteronomy 16:5
—Was the passover lamb to be slain at home or at the sanctuary?
Problem:
Exodus 12:7
instructs that the passover lamb be killed in one’s place of residence, but Deuteronomy declares that it should not be slain “within any of your gates.”
Solution:
This is an example of a change in revelation (see Introduction “Mistake 17”) because of a change in conditions. When the Passover instruction was first given (
Ex. 12
), they had no common sanctuary. Later in Deuteronomy, they did and were instructed to kill the passover lamb there “in the place where the Lord chooses to put His name” (
Deut. 16:2
).