Three National Feasts

14 (A)Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me. 15 You shall observe (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 observe (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 (b)God.

Footnotes:

a. Exodus 23:15: ['Lit ', they...not]
b. Exodus 23:17: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]

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