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Exodus 23:17

15 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.

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

18 You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.

19 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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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
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
KJV
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
WEB
Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
ASV
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.
DARBY
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the presence of the Lord Jehovah.
BLB
Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the face of the Lord YHWH.
ÅB
Tre ganger om året skal alle menn blant dere møte fram for Herrens, Israels Guds åsyn.
OTB
"Tre ganger i året skal alle dine menn møte for Herren Gud.
B1930
Tre ganger om året skal alle menn blandt eder møte frem for Herrens, Israels Guds åsyn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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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  • Exodus 34:23

    Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:11

    when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.

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  • Psalms 84:7

    They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

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  • Exodus 23:14

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

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  • Deuteronomy 12:5

    Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

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  • Luke 2:42

    And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.

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