Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
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Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Exodus 34:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 23:14 “You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.
- Exodus 23:17 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths. They shall not appear before Yahweh empty.
- Genesis 32:28 He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
- Genesis 33:20 He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
- Psalms 84:7 They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 34:23 Thrice in the year shall all your…
Exo 34:23 Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Ver. 23. Thrice in the year.] See Exo 23:14; Exo 23:17.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thou shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice…
Thou shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven,.... That is, not kill the passover, while there was any leaven in their houses; so the Targum of Jonathan; see Gill on Exo 23:18.
neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of passover be left unto the morning; neither any of the flesh, nor of the fat of the passover lamb: if any were left, it was to be burnt, see Exo 12:10.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Thrice in the year shall all the men-children appear…
Thrice in the year shall all the men-children appear - But it might be suggested, when all the males slain every part were gone up to worship in the place that God should chuse, the country would he left exposed to the insults of their neighbours; and what would become of the poor women and children? Trust God with them.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 34:23-24. Thrice in the year shall all the…
Exo 34:23-24. Thrice in the year shall all the men-children appear — But it might be suggested, when all the males from every part were gone up to worship in the place that God should choose, the country would be left exposed to the insults of their neighbours; and what would become of the poor women and children? Trust God with them. Neither shall any man desire thy land — Not only they shall not invade it, but they shall not so much as think of invading it. What a standing miracle was this, for so many generations!
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
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George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. appear before] read probably see the face of.…
23. appear before] read probably see the face of. See on Exo_23:17.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) Thrice in the year shall all your men-children…
(23) Thrice in the year shall all your men-children appear before the Lord.—On this requirement, and the political value of the three great festivals, see Note on Exo_23:14-17.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thrice in the year, Repeated from Exo_23:17.
Thrice in the year, Repeated from Exo_23:17.
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Yahweh continues telling Moses what the people must do.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 34:23 Three times: See 23:14-17.
34:23 Three times: See 23:14-17.
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