Exodus 23:15

¹³ Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

¹⁴ Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.

You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

¹⁶ You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

¹⁷ Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
KJV: Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
WEB: You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out of Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
ASV: The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:
DARBY: Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread, (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I have commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear in my presence empty;)
BLB: The Feast of the Unleavened you shall keep; seven days you shall eat unleavened [bread], as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib; for in it you came out of Egypt. And none shall appear before My face empty.

ÅB: De usyrede brøds høytid skal du holde: Syv dager skal du spise usyret brød, slik som jeg har befalt deg, på den fastsatte tid i abib måned, for i den dro du ut av Egypt; og ingen skal vise seg for mitt åsyn tomhendt.
OTB: Du skal holde de usyrede brøds fest; i syv dager skal du spise usyret brød, som jeg befalte deg, til den fastsatte tid i måneden Aviv, for i den måneden kom du ut av Egypt. Ingen skal komme tomhendt for mitt åsyn.
B1930: De usyrede brøds høitid skal du holde: Syv dager skal du ete usyret brød, således som jeg har befalt dig, på den fastsatte tid i abib måned, for i den drog du ut av Egypten; og ingen skal vise sig for mitt åsyn tomhendt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 22:7
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
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Proverbs 3:9–10
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
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Exodus 34:20
You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.
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Numbers 28:16–25
The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
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Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
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2 Kings 23:21–23
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
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Deuteronomy 16:1–8
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
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Leviticus 23:5–8
The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
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