King James Version
What Does Exodus 34:23 Mean?
“Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.”
Context
21
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
22
And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. year's end: Heb. revolution of the year
23
Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
24
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
25
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(23) **Thrice in the year shall all your men-children appear before the Lord.**—On this requirement, and the political value of the three great festivals, see Note on Exodus 23:14-17.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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