Exodus 23:17

Three times in the year, shall all thy males see the face of the Lord, Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingathering—at the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

18Thou shalt not offer with anything leavened, the blood of my sacrifice,—neither shall the fat of my festival-sacrifice remain until morning.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:14Three times, shalt thou keep festival to me, in the year.

Deuteronomy 12:5but, unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there,—as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither;

Deuteronomy 31:11when all Israel cometh in to see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel, in their hearing.

Psalms 84:7They go from strength to strength, Each one appeareth before God in Zion.

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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