Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD. New Living Translation At these three times each year, every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the LORD. English Standard Version Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord GOD. Berean Standard Bible Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD. King James Bible Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. New King James Version “Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD. New American Standard Bible Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD. NASB 1995 “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD. NASB 1977 “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD. Legacy Standard Bible Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh. Amplified Bible Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD. Christian Standard Bible Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD. Holman Christian Standard Bible Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.” American Standard Version Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah. Contemporary English Version Your men must come to these three festivals each year to worship me. English Revised Version Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. GOD'S WORD® Translation "These are the three times each year that all your men must come into the presence of the Master, the LORD. Good News Translation Every year at these three festivals all your men must come to worship me, the Lord your God. International Standard Version Three times a year all your males shall appear in the presence of the Lord GOD." Majority Standard Bible Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD. NET Bible At three times in the year all your males will appear before the Lord GOD. New Heart English Bible Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD. Webster's Bible Translation Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. World English Bible Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThree times in a year all your males appear before [the] face of the Lord YHWH. Young's Literal Translation 'Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah. Smith's Literal Translation Three times in the year every male of thine shall be seen to the face of the Lord Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThrice a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God. Catholic Public Domain Version Three times a year, all your males shall appear before the Lord your God. New American Bible Three times a year shall all your men appear before the LORD God. New Revised Standard Version Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThree times in the year all your gift offerings shall appear before the LORD your God. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Three times in a year all your commemorations shall appear before LORD JEHOVAH your God. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. Brenton Septuagint Translation Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Three Yearly Feasts…16You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field. 17Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD. 18You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.… Cross References Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed. 2 Chronicles 8:13 He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. 1 Kings 9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple. Leviticus 23:4-44 These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. / The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. ... Deuteronomy 31:11 when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel. 2 Chronicles 30:21-23 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD. / And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers. / The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy. 2 Chronicles 35:17-19 The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days. / No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem. / In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed. Nehemiah 8:17-18 The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing. / Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance. Psalm 84:7 They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion. Isaiah 1:12 When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. Luke 2:41-42 Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. / And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast. John 7:2 However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near. Acts 2:1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Acts 20:16 Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost. Treasury of Scripture Three items in the year all your males shall appear before the LORD God. Exodus 34:23 Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. Deuteronomy 12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: Jump to Previous Appear Face Items Males Presence Sovereign Three TimesJump to Next Appear Face Items Males Presence Sovereign Three TimesExodus 23 1. Of slander, false witness, and partiality4. Of charitableness 6. Of justice in judgment 8. Of taking bribes 9. Of oppressing a stranger 10. Of the year of rest 12. Of the Sabbath 13. Of idolatry 14. Of the three feasts 18. Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice 20. An angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him Three times a year This phrase refers to the thrice-annual pilgrimage festivals that the Israelites were commanded to observe. In the Hebrew context, these festivals are known as the Shalosh Regalim: Passover (Pesach), the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot), and the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). These festivals were not only religious observances but also times of communal gathering and celebration, reflecting the agricultural cycles of ancient Israel. The number three often symbolizes completeness and divine perfection in the Bible, underscoring the importance of these festivals in the spiritual life of the Israelites. all your males must appear before the Lord GOD the God of Israel Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Threeשָׁלֹ֥שׁ (šā·lōš) Number - feminine singular Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice times פְּעָמִ֖ים (pə·‘ā·mîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence a year בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה (baš·šā·nāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8141: A year all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every your males זְכ֣וּרְךָ֔ (zə·ḵū·rə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2138: A male are to appear יֵרָאֶה֙ (yê·rā·’eh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see before אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the Lord הָאָדֹ֥ן ׀ (hā·’ā·ḏōn) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord GOD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Exodus 23:17 NIVExodus 23:17 NLT Exodus 23:17 ESV Exodus 23:17 NASB Exodus 23:17 KJV Exodus 23:17 BibleApps.com Exodus 23:17 Biblia Paralela Exodus 23:17 Chinese Bible Exodus 23:17 French Bible Exodus 23:17 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 23:17 Three times in the year all your (Exo. 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