Exodus 34:23

23 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD, the God of Israel.

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Exodus 34:23 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

English Standard Version (ESV)

23 Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel.

New Living Translation (NLT)

23 Three times each year every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the LORD, the God of Israel.

The Message Bible (MSG)

23 "All your men are to appear before the Master, the God of Israel, three times a year.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

23 "Three times a year all your men must come into the presence of the Master, the LORD God of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

23 "Three times a year all of your men must come to worship me. I am your LORD and King, 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 34:23 In-Context

21 “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.

22 “Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.

23 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD, the God of Israel.

24 I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the LORD your God.

25 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.

Cross References 1

1. S Exodus 23:14