Exodus 23:17 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 23:17

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

YLT

`Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.

DBT

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

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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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:
Exodus 34:23
Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
Psalms 42:2
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms 122:4
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
Isaiah 1:12
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

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), with some laws pertaining thereto. Gracious promises of the completing of the mercy God had begun for them, upon condition of their obedience. That God would conduct them through the wilderness (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Three times . . . keep a feast . . . in the year--This was the institution of the great religious festivals--"The feast of unleavened bread," or the passover--"the feast of harvest," or pentecost--"the feast of ingathering," or the feast of tabernacles, which was a memorial of the dwelling in booths in the wilderness, and which was observed in the seventh month (Ex 12:2).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

They must feast together before the Lord, eating and drinking together, in token of their joy in God and their grateful sense of his goodness to them; for a feast is made for laughter, Eccl. x. O what a good Master do we serve, who has made it our duty to rejoice before him, who feasts his servants when they are in waiting!

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

All thy males - All that were of competent years, and health and strength, and at their own disposal. 'Tis probable, servants were exempt: for none was to appear without an offering: but most of these had nothing to offer.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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