Exodus 23:17

Every Israelite male is to come before the Lord God at these three times every year.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16You are also to observe the Festival of Harvest when you present the firstfruits of the produce from what you've sown in the fields. Lastly you are to observe the Festival of Gathering-In the Harvest at the end of the year, when you gather in the harvest of the rest of your crops from the field.

18You must not offer the blood of my sacrifices together with anything that contains yeast, and the fat from the offerings presented at my festival must not be left until morning.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:14Three times every year you are to celebrate a feast dedicated to me.

Deuteronomy 12:5No, you must go to the place the Lord your God will choose from the territory of all your tribes where he will live with you. That's where you must go.

Deuteronomy 31:11when all the Israelites come before the Lord your God at the place he will choose, you are to read this law for everyone to hear.

Psalms 84:7They go from strength to strength, and each one will appear before God in Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:11-20

Sacred Feasts. ( b. c. 1491.) 10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.… Read the whole commentary →

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