Exodus 34:23

23 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Lord, ADONAI, the God of Isra'el.

Exodus 34:23 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 34:23

Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear
before the Lord God
At the three above mentioned feasts, (See Gill on Exodus 23:17) here it is added,

the God of Israel;
who had chosen them to be his special people, had redeemed them out of Egypt, and done great things for them since; had made a covenant with them, and had now renewed that covenant with them, and was their covenant God, and they his people, and so were under great obligations to present themselves unto him at the times appointed by him.

Exodus 34:23 In-Context

21 "Six days you will work, but on the seventh day you are to rest - even in plowing time and harvest season you are to rest.

22 "Observe the festival of Shavu'ot with the first-gathered produce of the wheat harvest, and the festival of ingathering at the turn of the year.

23 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Lord, ADONAI, the God of Isra'el.

24 For I am going to expel nations ahead of you and expand your territory, and no one will even covet your land when you go up to appear before ADONAI your God three times a year.

25 You are not to offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, and the sacrifice of the feast of Pesach is not to be left until morning.