Exodus 23:14

14 1"Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me

Exodus 23:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 23:14

Three times thou shall keep a feast unto me in the year.
] The feast of the passover, on the fourteenth of the month Nisan or March; and the feast of weeks or pentecost fifty days after that; and the feast of tabernacles on the fifteenth day of Tisri or September.

Exodus 23:14 In-Context

12 "Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.
13 "Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.
14 "Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me
15 You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.
16 You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor.

Cross References 1

  • 1. ver. 17; Exodus 34:23; Deuteronomy 16:16
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