Exodus 34:23

23 "¹Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Exodus 34:23 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 34:23

Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear
before the Lord God
At the three above mentioned feasts, (See Gill on Exodus 23:17) here it is added,

the God of Israel;
who had chosen them to be his special people, had redeemed them out of Egypt, and done great things for them since; had made a covenant with them, and had now renewed that covenant with them, and was their covenant God, and they his people, and so were under great obligations to present themselves unto him at the times appointed by him.

Exodus 34:23 In-Context

21 "You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest.

22 "You shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.

23 "Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

24 "For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.

25 "You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, nor is the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover to be left over until morning.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 23:14-17

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD