Exodus 34:23

What does Exodus 34:23 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 34:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord, the God of Israel.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, God of Israel;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the sight of the almighty Lord the God of Israel.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thrice in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, theGod of Israel.

Context

v.22And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.

v.23This passage

v.24For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in the year.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 23:14

    Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

  • Genesis 33:20

    And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

  • Genesis 32:28

    And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

  • Exodus 23:17

    Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.

  • 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:

  • Psalms 84:7

    They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

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