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Verse	Translation	Text
Ex 23:14	Strong Concordance	Three [07969] times [07272] thou shalt keep a feast [02287] unto me in the year [08141].
	King James	Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Three times . . . keep a feast . . . in the year--This was the institution of the great religious festivals--"The feast of unleavened bread," or the passover--"the feast of harvest," or pentecost--"the feast of ingathering," or the feast of tabernacles, which was a memorial of the dwelling in booths in the wilderness, and which was observed in the seventh month (Exo 12:2). All the males were enjoined to repair to the tabernacle and afterwards the temple, and the women frequently went. The institution of this national custom was of the greatest importance in many ways: by keeping up a national sense of religion and a public uniformity in worship, by creating a bond of unity, and also by promoting internal commerce among the people. Though the absence of all the males at these three festivals left the country defenseless, a special promise was given of divine protection, and no incursion of enemies was ever permitted to happen on those occasions.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Three times . . . keep a feast . . . in the year--This was the institution of the great religious festivals--"The feast of unleavened bread," or the passover--"the feast of harvest," or pentecost--"the feast of ingathering," or the feast of tabernacles, which was a memorial of the dwelling in booths in the wilderness, and which was observed in the seventh month (Exo 12:2). All the males were enjoined to repair to the tabernacle and afterwards the temple, and the women frequently went. The institution of this national custom was of the greatest importance in many ways: by keeping up a national sense of religion and a public uniformity in worship, by creating a bond of unity, and also by promoting internal commerce among the people. Though the absence of all the males at these three festivals left the country defenseless, a special promise was given of divine protection, and no incursion of enemies was ever permitted to happen on those occasions.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
This is the first mention of the three great Yearly Festivals. The feast of Unleavened bread, in its connection with the Paschal Lamb, is spoken of in Exo. 12; 13: but the two others are here first named. The whole three are spoken of as if they were familiarly known to the people. The points that are especially enjoined are that every male Israelite should attend them at the sanctuary (compare Exo 34:23), and that he should take with him an offering for Yahweh, presenting himself before his King with his tribute in his hand. That this condition belonged to all the feasts, though it is here stated only in regard to the Passover, cannot be doubted. See Deu 16:16. Exo 23:15-16 On the Feast of Unleavened Bread, or the Passover, see Exo. 12:1-20, Exo 12:43-50; Exo 13:3-16; Exo 34:18-20; Lev 23:4-14. On the Feast of the Firstfruits of Harvest, called also the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Pentecost, see Exo 34:22; Lev 23:15-21. On the Feast of Ingathering, called also the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34-36, Lev 23:39-43. Exo 23:16 In the end of the year - Compare Exo 34:22. The year here spoken of must have been the civil or agrarian year, which began after harvest, when the ground was prepared for sowing. Compare Lev 23:39; Deu 16:13-15. The sacred year began in spring, with the month Abib, or Nisan. See Exo 12:2 note, and Lev 25:9. When thou hast gathered - Rather, when thou gatherest in.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
Three times Compare (Lev 23:4-44). Exodus for the wilderness; Leviticus for the land.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The Fundamental Rights of Israel in its Religious and Theocratical Relation to Jehovah. - As the observance of the Sabbath and sabbatical year is not instituted in Exo 23:10-12, so Exo 23:14-19 do not contain either the original or earliest appointment of the feasts, or a complete law concerning the yearly feasts. They simply command the observance of three feasts during the year, and the appearance of the people three times in the year before the Lord; that is to say, the holding of three national assemblies to keep a feast before the Lord, or three annual pilgrimages to the sanctuary of Jehovah. The leading points are clearly set forth in Exo 23:14 and Exo 23:17, to which the other verses are subordinate. These leading points are משׁפּטים or rights, conferred upon the people of Israel in their relation to Jehovah; for keeping a feast to the Lord, and appearing before Him, were both of them privileges bestowed by Jehovah upon His covenant people. Even in itself the festal rejoicing was a blessing in the midst of this life of labour, toil, and trouble; but when accompanied with the right of appearing before the Lord their God and Redeemer, to whom they were indebted for everything they had and were, it was one that no other nation enjoyed. For though they had their joyous festivals, these festivals bore the same relation to those of Israel, as the dead and worthless gods of the heathen to the living and almighty God of Israel. Of the three feasts at which Israel was to appear before Jehovah, the feast of Mazzoth, or unleavened bread, is referred to as already instituted, by the words "as I have commanded thee," and "at the appointed time of the earing month," which point back to chs. 12 and 13; and all that is added here is, "ye shall not appear before My face empty." "Not empty:" i.e., not with empty hands, but with sacrificial gifts, answering to the blessing given by the Lord (Deu 16:16-17). These gifts were devoted partly to the general sacrifices of the feast, and partly to the burnt and peace-offerings which were brought by different individuals to the feasts, and applied to the sacrificial meals (Num 28 and 29). This command, which related to all the feasts, and therefore is mentioned at the very outset in connection with the feast of unleavened bread, did indeed impose a duty upon Israel, but such a duty as became a source of blessing to all who performed it. The gifts demanded by God were the tribute, it is true, which the Israelites paid to their God-King, just as all Eastern nations are required to bring presents when appearing in the presence of their kings; but they were only gifts from God's own blessing, a portion of that which He had bestowed in rich abundance, and they were offered to God in such a way that the offerer was thereby more and more confirmed in the rights of covenant fellowship. The other two festivals are mentioned here for the first time, and the details are more particularly determined afterwards in Lev 23:15., and Num 28:26. One was called the feast of Harvest, "of the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field," i.e., of thy field-labour. According to the subsequent arrangements, the first of the field-produce was to be offered to God, not the first grains of the ripe corn, but the first loaves of bread of white or wheaten flour made from the new corn (Lev 23:17.). In Exo 34:22 it is called the "feast of Weeks," because, according to Lev 23:15-16; Deu 16:9, it was to be kept seven weeks after the feast of Mazzoth; and the "feast of the first-fruits of wheat harvest," because the loaves of first-fruits to be offered were to be made of wheaten flour. The other of these feasts, i.e., the third in the year, is called "the feast of Ingathering, at the end of the year, in the gathering in of thy labours out of the field." This general and indefinite allusion to time was quite sufficient for the preliminary institution of the feast. In the more minute directions respecting the feasts given in Lev 23:34; Num 29:12, it is fixed for the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and placed on an equality with the feast of Mazzoth as a seven days' festival. השּׁנה בּצאת does not mean after the close of the year, finito anno, any more than the corresponding expression in Exo 34:22, השּׁנה תּקוּפת, signifies at the turning of the year. The year referred to here was the so-called civil year, which began with the preparation of the ground for the harvest-sowing, and ended when all the fruits of the field and garden had been gathered in. No particular day was fixed for its commencement, nor was there any new year's festival; and even after the beginning of the earing month had been fixed upon for the commencement of the year (Exo 12:2), this still remained in force, so far as all civil matters connected with the sowing and harvest were concerned; though there is no evidence that a double reckoning was carried on at the same time, or that a civil reckoning existed side by side with the religious. בּאספּך does not mean, "when thou hast gathered," postquam collegisti; for בּ does not stand for אחר, nor has the infinitive the force of the preterite. On the contrary, the expression "at thy gathering in," i.e., when thou gatherest in, is kept indefinite both here and in Lev 23:39, where the month and days in which this feast was to be kept are distinctly pointed out; and also in Deu 16:13, in order that the time for the feast might not be made absolutely dependent upon the complete termination of the gathering in, although as a rule it would be almost over. The gathering in of "thy labours out of the field" is not to be restricted to the vintage and gathering of fruits: this is evident not only from the expression "out of the field," which points to field-produce, but also from the clause in Deu 16:13, "gathering of the floor and wine-press," which shows clearly that the words refer to the gathering in of the whole of the year's produce of corn, fruit, oil, and wine.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The Fundamental Rights of Israel in its Religious and Theocratical Relation to Jehovah. - As the observance of the Sabbath and sabbatical year is not instituted in Exo 23:10-12, so Exo 23:14-19 do not contain either the original or earliest appointment of the feasts, or a complete law concerning the yearly feasts. They simply command the observance of three feasts during the year, and the appearance of the people three times in the year before the Lord; that is to say, the holding of three national assemblies to keep a feast before the Lord, or three annual pilgrimages to the sanctuary of Jehovah. The leading points are clearly set forth in Exo 23:14 and Exo 23:17, to which the other verses are subordinate. These leading points are משׁפּטים or rights, conferred upon the people of Israel in their relation to Jehovah; for keeping a feast to the Lord, and appearing before Him, were both of them privileges bestowed by Jehovah upon His covenant people. Even in itself the festal rejoicing was a blessing in the midst of this life of labour, toil, and trouble; but when accompanied with the right of appearing before the Lord their God and Redeemer, to whom they were indebted for everything they had and were, it was one that no other nation enjoyed. For though they had their joyous festivals, these festivals bore the same relation to those of Israel, as the dead and worthless gods of the heathen to the living and almighty God of Israel.

Of the three feasts at which Israel was to appear before Jehovah, the feast of Mazzoth, or unleavened bread, is referred to as already instituted, by the words "as I have commanded thee," and "at the appointed time of the earing month," which point back to chs. 12 and 13; and all that is added here is, "ye shall not appear before My face empty." "Not empty:" i.e., not with empty hands, but with sacrificial gifts, answering to the blessing given by the Lord (Deu 16:16-17). These gifts were devoted partly to the general sacrifices of the feast, and partly to the burnt and peace-offerings which were brought by different individuals to the feasts, and applied to the sacrificial meals (Num 28 and 29). This command, which related to all the feasts, and therefore is mentioned at the very outset in connection with the feast of unleavened bread, did indeed impose a duty upon Israel, but such a duty as became a source of blessing to all who performed it. The gifts demanded by God were the tribute, it is true, which the Israelites paid to their God-King, just as all Eastern nations are required to bring presents when appearing in the presence of their kings; but they were only gifts from God's own blessing, a portion of that which He had bestowed in rich abundance, and they were offered to God in such a way that the offerer was thereby more and more confirmed in the rights of covenant fellowship. The other two festivals are mentioned here for the first time, and the details are more particularly determined afterwards in Lev 23:15., and Num 28:26. One was called the feast of Harvest, "of the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field," i.e., of thy field-labour. According to the subsequent arrangements, the first of the field-produce was to be offered to God, not the first grains of the ripe corn, but the first loaves of bread of white or wheaten flour made from the new corn (Lev 23:17.). In Exo 34:22 it is called the "feast of Weeks," because, according to Lev 23:15-16; Deu 16:9, it was to be kept seven weeks after the feast of Mazzoth; and the "feast of the first-fruits of wheat harvest," because the loaves of first-fruits to be offered were to be made of wheaten flour. The other of these feasts, i.e., the third in the year, is called "the feast of Ingathering, at the end of the year, in the gathering in of thy labours out of the field." This general and indefinite allusion to time was quite sufficient for the preliminary institution of the feast. In the more minute directions respecting the feasts given in Lev 23:34; Num 29:12, it is fixed for the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and placed on an equality with the feast of Mazzoth as a seven days' festival. השּׁנה בּצאת does not mean after the close of the year, finito anno, any more than the corresponding expression in Exo 34:22, השּׁנה תּקוּפת, signifies at the turning of the year. The year referred to here was the so-called civil year, which began with the preparation of the ground for the harvest-sowing, and ended when all the fruits of the field and garden had been gathered in. No particular day was fixed for its commencement, nor was there any new year's festival; and even after the beginning of the earing month had been fixed upon for the commencement of the year (Exo 12:2), this still remained in force, so far as all civil matters connected with the sowing and harvest were concerned; though there is no evidence that a double reckoning was carried on at the same time, or that a civil reckoning existed side by side with the religious. בּאספּך does not mean, "when thou hast gathered," postquam collegisti; for בּ does not stand for אחר, nor has the infinitive the force of the preterite. On the contrary, the expression "at thy gathering in," i.e., when thou gatherest in, is kept indefinite both here and in Lev 23:39, where the month and days in which this feast was to be kept are distinctly pointed out; and also in Deu 16:13, in order that the time for the feast might not be made absolutely dependent upon the complete termination of the gathering in, although as a rule it would be almost over. The gathering in of "thy labours out of the field" is not to be restricted to the vintage and gathering of fruits: this is evident not only from the expression "out of the field," which points to field-produce, but also from the clause in Deu 16:13, "gathering of the floor and wine-press," which shows clearly that the words refer to the gathering in of the whole of the year's produce of corn, fruit, oil, and wine.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The Passover, Pentecost, and feast of Tabernacles, in spring, summer, and autumn, were the three times appointed for their attendance; not in winter, because travelling was then uncomfortable; nor in the midst of their harvest.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year - The three feasts here referred to were, 1. The feast of the Passover; 2. The feast of Pentecost; 3. The feast of Tabernacles. 1. The feast of the Passover was celebrated to keep in remembrance the wonderful deliverance of the Hebrews from Egypt. 2. The feast of Pentecost, called also the feast of harvest and the feast of weeks, Exo 34:22, was celebrated fifty days after the Passover to commemorate the giving of the law on Mount Sinai, which took place fifty days after, and hence called by the Greeks Pentecost. 3. The feast of Tabernacles, called also the feast of the ingathering, was celebrated about the 15th of the month Tisri to commemorate the Israelites' dwelling in tents for forty years, during their stay in the wilderness. See on Leviticus 23 (note). "God, out of his great wisdom," says Calmet, "appointed several festivals among the Jews for many reasons: 1. To perpetuate the memory of those great events, and the wonders he had wrought for the people; for example, the Sabbath brought to remembrance the creation of the world; the Passover, the departure out of Egypt; the Pentecost, the giving of the law; the feast of Tabernacles, the sojourning of their fathers in the wilderness, etc. 2. To keep them faithful to their religion by appropriate ceremonies, and the splendor of Divine service. 3. To procure them lawful pleasures, and necessary rest. 4. To give them instruction; for in their religious assemblies the law of God was always read and explained. 5. To consolidate their social union, by renewing the acquaintance of their tribes and families; for on these occasions they come together from different parts of the land to the holy city." Besides the feasts mentioned above, the Jews had, 1. The feast of the Sabbath, which was a weekly feast. 2. The feast of the Sabbatical Year, which was a septennial feast. 3. The feast of Trumpets, which was celebrated on the first day of what was called their civil year, which was ushered in by the blowing of a trumpet; Lev 23:24, etc. 4. The feast of the New Moon, which was celebrated on the first day the moon appeared after her change. 5. The feast of Expiation, which was celebrated annually on the tenth day of Tisri or September, on which a general atonement was made for all the sins, negligences, and ignorances, throughout the year. 6. The feast of Lots or Purim, to commemorate the preservation of the Jews from the general massacre projected by Haman. See the book of Esther. 7. The feast of the Dedication, or rather the Restoration of the temple, which had been profaned by Antiochus Epiphanes. This was also called the feast of Lights. Besides these, the Jews have had several other feasts, such as the feast of Branches, to commemorate the taking of Jericho. The feast of Collections, on the 10th of September, on which they make contributions for the service of the temple and synagogue. The feast for the death of Nicanor. 1 Maccabees 7:48, etc. The feast for the discovery of the sacred fire, 2 Maccabees 1:18, etc. The feast of the carrying of wood to the temple, called Xylophoria, mentioned by Josephus - War, b. ii. c. 17.

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² This month [02320] shall be unto you the beginning [07218] of months [02320]: it shall be the first [07223] month [02320] of the year [08141] to you.

⁹ Then shalt thou cause the trumpet [07782] of the jubile [08643] to sound [05674] on the tenth [06218] day of the seventh [07637] month [02320], in the day [03117] of atonement [03725] shall ye make the trumpet [07782] sound [05674] throughout all your land [0776].

² This month [02320] shall be unto you the beginning [07218] of months [02320]: it shall be the first [07223] month [02320] of the year [08141] to you.

¹³ Thou shalt observe [06213] the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521] seven [07651] days [03117], after that thou hast gathered [0622] in thy corn [01637] and thy wine [03342]:
¹⁴ And thou shalt rejoice [08055] in thy feast [02282], thou, and thy son [01121], and thy daughter [01323], and thy manservant [05650], and thy maidservant [0519], and the Levite [03881], the stranger [01616], and the fatherless [03490], and the widow [0490], that are within thy gates [08179].
¹⁵ Seven [07651] days [03117] shalt thou keep a solemn feast [02287] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] in the place [04725] which the LORD [03068] shall choose [0977]: because the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall bless [01288] thee in all thine increase [08393], and in all the works [04639] of thine hands [03027], therefore thou shalt surely rejoice [08056].

²² And thou shalt observe [06213] the feast [02282] of weeks [07620], of the firstfruits [01061] of wheat [02406] harvest [07105], and the feast [02282] of ingathering [0614] at the year's [08141] end [08622].

¹⁶ And the feast [02282] of harvest [07105], the firstfruits [01061] of thy labours [04639], which thou hast sown [02232] in the field [07704]: and the feast [02282] of ingathering [0614], which is in the end [03318] of the year [08141], when thou hast gathered [0622] in thy labours [04639] out of the field [07704].

³⁹ Also in the fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of the seventh [07637] month [02320], when ye have gathered [0622] in the fruit [08393] of the land [0776], ye shall keep [02287] a feast [02282] unto the LORD [03068] seven [07651] days [03117]: on the first [07223] day [03117] shall be a sabbath [07677], and on the eighth [08066] day [03117] shall be a sabbath [07677].
⁴⁰ And ye shall take [03947] you on the first [07223] day [03117] the boughs [06529] of goodly [01926] trees [06086], branches [03709] of palm [08558] trees, and the boughs [06057] of thick [05687] trees [06086], and willows [06155] of the brook [05158]; and ye shall rejoice [08055] before [06440] the LORD [03068] your God [0430] seven [07651] days [03117].
⁴¹ And ye shall keep [02287] it a feast [02282] unto the LORD [03068] seven [07651] days [03117] in the year [08141]. It shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] in your generations [01755]: ye shall celebrate [02287] it in the seventh [07637] month [02320].
⁴² Ye shall dwell [03427] in booths [05521] seven [07651] days [03117]; all that are Israelites [03478] born [0249] shall dwell [03427] in booths [05521]:
⁴³ That your generations [01755] may know [03045] that I made the children [01121] of Israel [03478] to dwell [03427] in booths [05521], when I brought them out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].

³⁴ Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], The fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of this seventh [07637] month [02320] shall be the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521] for seven [07651] days [03117] unto the LORD [03068].
³⁵ On the first [07223] day [03117] shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744]: ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein.
³⁶ Seven [07651] days [03117] ye shall offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]: on the eighth [08066] day [03117] shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744] unto you; and ye shall offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]: it is a solemn assembly [06116]; and ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein.

¹⁵ And ye shall count [05608] unto you from the morrow [04283] after the sabbath [07676], from the day [03117] that ye brought [0935] the sheaf [06016] of the wave offering [08573]; seven [07651] sabbaths [07676] shall be [01961] complete [08549]:
¹⁶ Even unto [05704] the morrow [04283] after the seventh [07637] sabbath [07676] shall ye number [05608] fifty [02572] days [03117]; and ye shall offer [07126] a new [02319] meat offering [04503] unto the LORD [03068].
¹⁷ Ye shall bring out [0935] of your habitations [04186] two [08147] wave [08573] loaves [03899] of two [08147] tenth deals [06241]: they shall be of fine flour [05560]; they shall be baken [0644] with leaven [02557]; they are the firstfruits [01061] unto the LORD [03068].
¹⁸ And ye shall offer [07126] with the bread [03899] seven [07651] lambs [03532] without blemish [08549] of the first [01121] year [08141], and one [0259] young [01241] [01121] bullock [06499], and two [08147] rams [0352]: they shall be for a burnt offering [05930] unto the LORD [03068], with their meat offering [04503], and their drink offerings [05262], even an offering made by fire [0801], of sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068].
¹⁹ Then ye shall sacrifice [06213] one [0259] kid [08163] of the goats [05795] for a sin offering [02403], and two [08147] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] for a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002].
²⁰ And the priest [03548] shall wave [05130] them with the bread [03899] of the firstfruits [01061] for a wave offering [08573] before [06440] the LORD [03068], with the two [08147] lambs [03532]: they shall be holy [06944] to the LORD [03068] for the priest [03548].
²¹ And ye shall proclaim [07121] on the selfsame [06106] day [03117], that it may be an holy [06944] convocation [04744] unto you: ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein: it shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] in all your dwellings [04186] throughout your generations [01755].

¹⁸ The feast [02282] of unleavened bread [04682] shalt thou keep [08104]. Seven [07651] days [03117] thou shalt eat [0398] unleavened bread [04682], as I commanded [06680] thee, in the time [04150] of the month [02320] Abib [024]: for in the month [02320] Abib [024] thou camest out [03318] from Egypt [04714].
¹⁹ All that openeth [06363] the matrix [07358] is mine; and every firstling [06363] among thy cattle [04735], whether ox [07794] or sheep [07716], that is male [02142].
²⁰ But the firstling [06363] of an ass [02543] thou shalt redeem [06299] with a lamb [07716]: and if thou redeem [06299] him not, then shalt thou break his neck [06202]. All the firstborn [01060] of thy sons [01121] thou shalt redeem [06299]. And none shall appear [07200] before [06440] me empty [07387].

³ And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto the people [05971], Remember [02142] this [02088] day [03117], in which ye came out [03318] from Egypt [04714], out of the house [01004] of bondage [05650]; for by strength [02392] of hand [03027] the LORD [03068] brought you out [03318] from this place: there shall no leavened bread [02557] be eaten [0398].
⁴ This day [03117] came ye out [03318] in the month [02320] Abib [024].
⁵ And it shall be when the LORD [03068] shall bring [0935] thee into the land [0776] of the Canaanites [03669], and the Hittites [02850], and the Amorites [0567], and the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983], which he sware [07650] unto thy fathers [01] to give [05414] thee, a land [0776] flowing [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706], that thou shalt keep [05647] this service [05656] in this month [02320].
⁶ Seven [07651] days [03117] thou shalt eat [0398] unleavened bread [04682], and in the seventh [07637] day [03117] shall be a feast [02282] to the LORD [03068].
⁷ Unleavened bread [04682] shall be eaten [0398] seven [07651] days [03117]; and there shall no leavened bread [02557] be seen [07200] with thee, neither shall there be leaven [07603] seen [07200] with thee in all thy quarters [01366].
⁸ And thou shalt shew [05046] thy son [01121] in that day [03117], saying [0559], This is done because of [05668] that [02088] which the LORD [03068] did [06213] unto me when I came forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714].
⁹ And it shall be for a sign [0226] unto thee upon thine hand [03027], and for a memorial [02146] between thine eyes [05869], that the LORD'S [03068] law [08451] may be in thy mouth [06310]: for with a strong [02389] hand [03027] hath the LORD [03068] brought thee out [03318] of Egypt [04714].
¹⁰ Thou shalt therefore keep [08104] this ordinance [02708] in his season [04150] from year [03117] to year [03117].
¹¹ And it shall be when the LORD [03068] shall bring [0935] thee into the land [0776] of the Canaanites [03669], as he sware [07650] unto thee and to thy fathers [01], and shall give [05414] it thee,
¹² That thou shalt set apart [05674] unto the LORD [03068] all that openeth [06363] the matrix [07358], and every firstling [06363] that cometh [07698] of a beast [0929] which thou hast; the males [02145] shall be the LORD'S [03068].
¹³ And every firstling [06363] of an ass [02543] thou shalt redeem [06299] with a lamb [07716]; and if thou wilt not redeem [06299] it, then thou shalt break his neck [06202]: and all the firstborn [01060] of man [0120] among thy children [01121] shalt thou redeem [06299].
¹⁴ And it shall be when thy son [01121] asketh [07592] thee in time to come [04279], saying [0559], What is this? that thou shalt say [0559] unto him, By strength [02392] of hand [03027] the LORD [03068] brought us out [03318] from Egypt [04714], from the house [01004] of bondage [05650]:
¹⁵ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh [06547] would hardly [07185] let us go [07971], that the LORD [03068] slew [02026] all the firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], both the firstborn [01060] of man [0120], and the firstborn [01060] of beast [0929]: therefore I sacrifice [02076] to the LORD [03068] all that openeth [06363] the matrix [07358], being males [02145]; but all the firstborn [01060] of my children [01121] I redeem [06299].
¹⁶ And it shall be for a token [0226] upon thine hand [03027], and for frontlets [02903] between thine eyes [05869]: for by strength [02392] of hand [03027] the LORD [03068] brought us forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714].

⁴³ And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175], This is the ordinance [02708] of the passover [06453]: There shall no stranger [01121] [05236] eat [0398] thereof:
⁴⁴ But every man's [0376] servant [05650] that is bought [04736] for money [03701], when thou hast circumcised [04135] him, then shall he eat [0398] thereof.
⁴⁵ A foreigner [08453] and an hired servant [07916] shall not eat [0398] thereof.
⁴⁶ In one [0259] house [01004] shall it be eaten [0398]; thou shalt not carry forth [03318] ought of the flesh [01320] abroad [02351] out of the house [01004]; neither shall ye break [07665] a bone [06106] thereof.
⁴⁷ All the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478] shall keep [06213] it.
⁴⁸ And when a stranger [01616] shall sojourn [01481] with thee, and will keep [06213] the passover [06453] to the LORD [03068], let all his males [02145] be circumcised [04135], and then let him come near [07126] and keep [06213] it; and he shall be as one that is born [0249] in the land [0776]: for no uncircumcised person [06189] shall eat [0398] thereof.
⁴⁹ One [0259] law [08451] shall be to him that is homeborn [0249], and unto the stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] you.
⁵⁰ Thus did [06213] all the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175], so did [06213] they.

¹⁵ Thou shalt keep [08104] the feast [02282] of unleavened bread [04682]: (thou shalt eat [0398] unleavened bread [04682] seven [07651] days [03117], as I commanded [06680] thee, in the time appointed [04150] of the month [02320] Abib [024]; for in it thou camest out [03318] from Egypt [04714]: and none shall appear [07200] before [06440] me empty [07387]:)
¹⁶ And the feast [02282] of harvest [07105], the firstfruits [01061] of thy labours [04639], which thou hast sown [02232] in the field [07704]: and the feast [02282] of ingathering [0614], which is in the end [03318] of the year [08141], when thou hast gathered [0622] in thy labours [04639] out of the field [07704].

¹⁶ Three [07969] times [06471] in a year [08141] shall all thy males [02138] appear [07200] before [06440] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] in the place [04725] which he shall choose [0977]; in the feast [02282] of unleavened bread [04682], and in the feast [02282] of weeks [07620], and in the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521]: and they shall not appear [07200] before [06440] the LORD [03068] empty [07387]:

²³ Thrice [06471] [07969] in the year [08141] shall all your men children [02138] appear [07200] before [06440] the Lord [0113] GOD [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478].

⁴ These are the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068], even holy [06944] convocations [04744], which ye shall proclaim [07121] in their seasons [04150].
⁵ In the fourteenth [0702] [06240] day of the first [07223] month [02320] at even [06153] is the LORD'S [03068] passover [06453].
⁶ And on the fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of the same month [02320] is the feast [02282] of unleavened bread [04682] unto the LORD [03068]: seven [07651] days [03117] ye must eat [0398] unleavened bread [04682].
⁷ In the first [07223] day [03117] ye shall have an holy [06944] convocation [04744]: ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein.
⁸ But ye shall offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068] seven [07651] days [03117]: in the seventh [07637] day [03117] is an holy [06944] convocation [04744]: ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein.
⁹ And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
¹⁰ Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, When ye be come [0935] into the land [0776] which I give [05414] unto you, and shall reap [07114] the harvest [07105] thereof, then ye shall bring [0935] a sheaf [06016] of the firstfruits [07225] of your harvest [07105] unto the priest [03548]:
¹¹ And he shall wave [05130] the sheaf [06016] before [06440] the LORD [03068], to be accepted [07522] for you: on the morrow [04283] after the sabbath [07676] the priest [03548] shall wave [05130] it.
¹² And ye shall offer [06213] that day [03117] when ye wave [05130] the sheaf [06016] an he lamb [03532] without blemish [08549] of the first [01121] year [08141] for a burnt offering [05930] unto the LORD [03068].
¹³ And the meat offering [04503] thereof shall be two [08147] tenth deals [06241] of fine flour [05560] mingled [01101] with oil [08081], an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068] for a sweet [05207] savour [07381]: and the drink offering [05262] thereof shall be of wine [03196], the fourth [07243] part of an hin [01969].
¹⁴ And ye shall eat [0398] neither bread [03899], nor parched corn [07039], nor green ears [03759], until the selfsame [06106] [02088] day [03117] that [05704] ye have brought [0935] an offering [07133] unto your God [0430]: it shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] throughout your generations [01755] in all your dwellings [04186].
¹⁵ And ye shall count [05608] unto you from the morrow [04283] after the sabbath [07676], from the day [03117] that ye brought [0935] the sheaf [06016] of the wave offering [08573]; seven [07651] sabbaths [07676] shall be [01961] complete [08549]:
¹⁶ Even unto [05704] the morrow [04283] after the seventh [07637] sabbath [07676] shall ye number [05608] fifty [02572] days [03117]; and ye shall offer [07126] a new [02319] meat offering [04503] unto the LORD [03068].
¹⁷ Ye shall bring out [0935] of your habitations [04186] two [08147] wave [08573] loaves [03899] of two [08147] tenth deals [06241]: they shall be of fine flour [05560]; they shall be baken [0644] with leaven [02557]; they are the firstfruits [01061] unto the LORD [03068].
¹⁸ And ye shall offer [07126] with the bread [03899] seven [07651] lambs [03532] without blemish [08549] of the first [01121] year [08141], and one [0259] young [01241] [01121] bullock [06499], and two [08147] rams [0352]: they shall be for a burnt offering [05930] unto the LORD [03068], with their meat offering [04503], and their drink offerings [05262], even an offering made by fire [0801], of sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068].
¹⁹ Then ye shall sacrifice [06213] one [0259] kid [08163] of the goats [05795] for a sin offering [02403], and two [08147] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] for a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002].
²⁰ And the priest [03548] shall wave [05130] them with the bread [03899] of the firstfruits [01061] for a wave offering [08573] before [06440] the LORD [03068], with the two [08147] lambs [03532]: they shall be holy [06944] to the LORD [03068] for the priest [03548].
²¹ And ye shall proclaim [07121] on the selfsame [06106] day [03117], that it may be an holy [06944] convocation [04744] unto you: ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein: it shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] in all your dwellings [04186] throughout your generations [01755].
²² And when ye reap [07114] the harvest [07105] of your land [0776], thou shalt not make clean riddance [03615] of the corners [06285] of thy field [07704] when thou reapest [07114], neither shalt thou gather [03950] any gleaning [03951] of thy harvest [07105]: thou shalt leave [05800] them unto the poor [06041], and to the stranger [01616]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
²³ And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
²⁴ Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], In the seventh [07637] month [02320], in the first [0259] day of the month [02320], shall ye have a sabbath [07677], a memorial [02146] of blowing [08643] of trumpets, an holy [06944] convocation [04744].
²⁵ Ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein: but ye shall offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068].
²⁶ And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
²⁷ Also [0389] on the tenth [06218] day of this seventh [07637] month [02320] there shall be a day [03117] of atonement [03725]: it shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744] unto you; and ye shall afflict [06031] your souls [05315], and offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068].
²⁸ And ye shall do [06213] no work [04399] in that same [06106] day [03117]: for it is a day [03117] of atonement [03725], to make an atonement [03722] for you before [06440] the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
²⁹ For whatsoever soul [05315] it be that shall not be afflicted [06031] in that same [06106] day [03117], he shall be cut off [03772] from among his people [05971].
³⁰ And whatsoever soul [05315] it be that doeth [06213] any work [04399] in that same [06106] day [03117], the same soul [05315] will I destroy [06] from among [07130] his people [05971].
³¹ Ye shall do [06213] no manner of work [04399]: it shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] throughout your generations [01755] in all your dwellings [04186].
³² It shall be unto you a sabbath [07676] of rest [07677], and ye shall afflict [06031] your souls [05315]: in the ninth [08672] day of the month [02320] at even [06153], from even [06153] unto even [06153], shall ye celebrate [07673] your sabbath [07676].
³³ And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
³⁴ Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], The fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of this seventh [07637] month [02320] shall be the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521] for seven [07651] days [03117] unto the LORD [03068].
³⁵ On the first [07223] day [03117] shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744]: ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein.
³⁶ Seven [07651] days [03117] ye shall offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]: on the eighth [08066] day [03117] shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744] unto you; and ye shall offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]: it is a solemn assembly [06116]; and ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein.
³⁷ These are the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068], which ye shall proclaim [07121] to be holy [06944] convocations [04744], to offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068], a burnt offering [05930], and a meat offering [04503], a sacrifice [02077], and drink offerings [05262], every thing [01697] upon his [03117] day [03117]:
³⁸ Beside the sabbaths [07676] of the LORD [03068], and beside your gifts [04979], and beside all your vows [05088], and beside all your freewill offerings [05071], which ye give [05414] unto the LORD [03068].
³⁹ Also in the fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of the seventh [07637] month [02320], when ye have gathered [0622] in the fruit [08393] of the land [0776], ye shall keep [02287] a feast [02282] unto the LORD [03068] seven [07651] days [03117]: on the first [07223] day [03117] shall be a sabbath [07677], and on the eighth [08066] day [03117] shall be a sabbath [07677].
⁴⁰ And ye shall take [03947] you on the first [07223] day [03117] the boughs [06529] of goodly [01926] trees [06086], branches [03709] of palm [08558] trees, and the boughs [06057] of thick [05687] trees [06086], and willows [06155] of the brook [05158]; and ye shall rejoice [08055] before [06440] the LORD [03068] your God [0430] seven [07651] days [03117].
⁴¹ And ye shall keep [02287] it a feast [02282] unto the LORD [03068] seven [07651] days [03117] in the year [08141]. It shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] in your generations [01755]: ye shall celebrate [02287] it in the seventh [07637] month [02320].
⁴² Ye shall dwell [03427] in booths [05521] seven [07651] days [03117]; all that are Israelites [03478] born [0249] shall dwell [03427] in booths [05521]:
⁴³ That your generations [01755] may know [03045] that I made the children [01121] of Israel [03478] to dwell [03427] in booths [05521], when I brought them out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
⁴⁴ And Moses [04872] declared [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478] the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068].

¹³ Thou shalt observe [06213] the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521] seven [07651] days [03117], after that thou hast gathered [0622] in thy corn [01637] and thy wine [03342]:

² This month [02320] shall be unto you the beginning [07218] of months [02320]: it shall be the first [07223] month [02320] of the year [08141] to you.

¹² And on the fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of the seventh [07637] month [02320] ye shall have an holy [06944] convocation [04744]; ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399], and ye shall keep [02287] a feast [02282] unto the LORD [03068] seven [07651] days [03117]:

⁹ Seven [07651] weeks [07620] shalt thou number [05608] unto thee: begin [02490] to number [05608] the seven [07651] weeks [07620] from such time as thou beginnest [02490] to put the sickle [02770] to the corn [07054].

¹⁷ Ye shall bring out [0935] of your habitations [04186] two [08147] wave [08573] loaves [03899] of two [08147] tenth deals [06241]: they shall be of fine flour [05560]; they shall be baken [0644] with leaven [02557]; they are the firstfruits [01061] unto the LORD [03068].

²⁶ Also in the day [03117] of the firstfruits [01061], when ye bring [07126] a new [02319] meat offering [04503] unto the LORD [03068], after your weeks [07620] be out, ye shall have an holy [06944] convocation [04744]; ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399]:

¹⁷ Three [07969] times [06471] in the year [08141] all thy males [02138] shall appear [07200] before [06440] the Lord [0113] GOD [03068].

¹⁴ Three [07969] times [07272] thou shalt keep a feast [02287] unto me in the year [08141].

¹⁴ Three [07969] times [07272] thou shalt keep a feast [02287] unto me in the year [08141].
¹⁵ Thou shalt keep [08104] the feast [02282] of unleavened bread [04682]: (thou shalt eat [0398] unleavened bread [04682] seven [07651] days [03117], as I commanded [06680] thee, in the time appointed [04150] of the month [02320] Abib [024]; for in it thou camest out [03318] from Egypt [04714]: and none shall appear [07200] before [06440] me empty [07387]:)
¹⁶ And the feast [02282] of harvest [07105], the firstfruits [01061] of thy labours [04639], which thou hast sown [02232] in the field [07704]: and the feast [02282] of ingathering [0614], which is in the end [03318] of the year [08141], when thou hast gathered [0622] in thy labours [04639] out of the field [07704].
¹⁷ Three [07969] times [06471] in the year [08141] all thy males [02138] shall appear [07200] before [06440] the Lord [0113] GOD [03068].
¹⁸ Thou shalt not offer [02076] the blood [01818] of my sacrifice [02077] with leavened bread [02557]; neither shall the fat [02459] of my sacrifice [02282] remain [03885] until the morning [01242].
¹⁹ The first [07225] of the firstfruits [01061] of thy land [0127] thou shalt bring [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]. Thou shalt not seethe [01310] a kid [01423] in his mother's [0517] milk [02461].

¹⁰ And six [08337] years [08141] thou shalt sow [02232] thy land [0776], and shalt gather [0622] in the fruits [08393] thereof:
¹¹ But the seventh [07637] year thou shalt let it rest [08058] and lie [05203] still; that the poor [034] of thy people [05971] may eat [0398]: and what they leave [03499] the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] shall eat [0398]. In like manner thou shalt deal [06213] with thy vineyard [03754], and with thy oliveyard [02132].
¹² Six [08337] days [03117] thou shalt do [06213] thy work [04639], and on the seventh [07637] day [03117] thou shalt rest [07673]: that thine ox [07794] and thine ass [02543] may rest [05117], and the son [01121] of thy handmaid [0519], and the stranger [01616], may be refreshed [05314].

²⁴ Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], In the seventh [07637] month [02320], in the first [0259] day of the month [02320], shall ye have a sabbath [07677], a memorial [02146] of blowing [08643] of trumpets, an holy [06944] convocation [04744].