Exodus 23:17
What does Exodus 23:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 23:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thrice a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the presence of the Lord Jehovah.
Context
v.16and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field.
v.17This passage
v.18Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 12:5
But unto the place which Jehovah 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;
- Exodus 23:14
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
- Exodus 34:23
Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:11
when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
- Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
- Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah 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 Jehovah empty:
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