Judgments About National Feasts

¹⁴ “^(A)Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me. ¹⁵ You shall keep ^(B)the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the ^(C)month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And ^[a](D)none shall appear before Me empty-handed. ¹⁶ Also you shall keep ^(E)the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year ^(F)when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field. ^17 (G)Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh.

^23 (A)Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel. ²⁴ For I will ^(B)dispossess 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 Yahweh your God.