"Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD." — Exodus 23:17

Exodus 23:17 · KJV

“Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.”

— Exodus 23:17

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.

Verse 18

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. {sacrifice: or, feast}

Exodus 23 — Context

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:)

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

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. {sacrifice: or, feast}

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Cross References

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.

Deuteronomy 31:11

When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

Exodus 23:14

Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

Luke 2:42

And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, {even} unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Psalms 84:7

They go from strength to strength, {every one of them} in Zion appeareth before God. {strength to...: or, company to company}