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Exodus 23:17

15 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:)

16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his 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 in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

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  • Exodus 34:23

    Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:11

    When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

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  • Psalms 84:7

    They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

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  • Exodus 23:14

    Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:5

    But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

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  • Luke 2:42

    And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

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