How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That's Great News

by Peter Enns

In Deuteronomy 16:1–9, however, we see no sign of this perpetual ordinance. Now the meal is to be held in the place that the LORD will choose as a dwelling for his name (verse 2), which is code in Deuteronomy for the Temple in Jerusalem.