Deuteronomy 16:7

Roast and eat it. See on Ex. 12:8, 9. The verb here translated “roast” is given twice as “bake” (Num. 11:8; 2 Sam. 13:8) and twice as “roast” (Deut. 16:7; 2 Chron. 35:13), but in all other instances of cooking is translated “boil,” “seethe,” “sodden.” Apparently, its root meaning was “to ripen,” as in “the harvest is ripe” (Joel 3:13) and “ripe grapes” (Gen. 40:10). Inasmuch as in all cases the idea is that of ripening or bringing to the point of full preparation, by heat, “roast” may be more appropriate here. Compare the expression “roast with fire” (Ex. 12:9) and the later account of a Passover that contrasts the roasted lamb with the other offerings, which were boiled (2 Chron. 35:13).

Tents. Here meaning, “homes.” This custom remained even after Israel no longer wandered about, but had become a settled nation in Palestine, with permanent homes (see Judges 7:8; 2 Sam. 19:8; 1 Kings 12:16). They were to remain overnight in the place where they ate the Passover. In the morning those who had joined with other households in the paschal lamb might return to their own homes (see on Ex. 12:4).