King James Version
Exodus 23:14 in the King James Version says “Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.”
Exodus 23:14 · KJV
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“times”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“thou shalt keep a feast”
H2287properly, to move in a circle, i.e., (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy
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