Deuteronomy 16:1-2

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

The Passover Reviewed

16 Observe the month^[a] of Abib by keeping the passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. ² You shall offer the passover sacrifice to the Lord your God, from the flock and the herd, at the place that the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his name.