Exodus 34:23

Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord, the God of Israel.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22And you are to keep the feast of weeks when you get in the first-fruits of the grain, and the feast at the turn of the year when you take in the produce of your fields.

24For I will send out the nations before you and make wide the limits of your land; and no man will make an attempt to take your land while you go up to give worship to the Lord, three times in the year.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

Exodus 23:14Three times in the year you are to keep a feast to me.

Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord your God in the place named by him; at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents: and they are not to come before the Lord with nothing in their hands;

Matthew Henry on Exodus 34:19-28

Solemn Feasts Appointed. ( b. c. 1491.) 18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. 19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem.… Read the whole commentary →

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