Exodus 23:17

17 “Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD.

Exodus 23:17 in Other Translations

KJV
17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
ESV
17 Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord GOD.
NLT
17 At these three times each year, every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the LORD .
MSG
17 "Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Master, God.
CSB
17 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God .

Exodus 23:17 In-Context

15 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt. “No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. “Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.
17 “Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD.
18 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast. “The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.
19 “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S ver 14; Deuteronomy 16:16
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