Exodus 34:23

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

three times in the year, shall every one of thy males see the face of the Lord Yahweh the God of Israel.

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thrise in a yere shal all your men children appeare before the Lorde Iehouah God of Israel.

George Lamsa Translation
Three times a year shall all your memorial offerings be brought before the LORD, the God of Israel.

Hebrew Names Version
Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Yisra'el.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Three times each year all your men must go to be with the Lord God , the God of Israel.

English Standard Version
Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

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

Bible in Basic English
Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord, the God of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
Your men must come to worship me three times a year, because I am the Lord God of Israel.

Complete Jewish Bible
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Lord, Adonai , the God of Isra'el.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

King James Version (1611)
Thrice in the yeere shall all your men children appeare before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

Amplified Bible
"Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Three times in the year shall every male of thine appear before the Lord the God of Israel.

English Revised Version
Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Lexham English Bible
Three times in the year all your males will appear before the Lord, Yahweh, the God of Israel,

Literal Translation
Three times in the year every male of yours shall be seen before the face of the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel.

New Century Version
"Three times each year all your males must come before the Lord God , the God of Israel.

New English Translation
At three times in the year all your men must appear before the Lord God , the God of Israel.

New King James Version
"Three times in the year all your men shall appear before the Lord, the LORD God of Israel.

New Living Translation
Three times each year every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the Lord , the God of Israel.

New Life Bible
Three times a year all your males are to come before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the sight of the almighty Lord the God of Israel.

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

Good News Translation
"Three times a year all of your men must come to worship me, the Lord , the God of Israel.

King James Version
Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

Darby Translation
Thrice in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ech male kynde of thee schal appere in thre tymes of the yeer in the siyt of the Lord Almyyti, thi God of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
`Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, God of Israel;

World English Bible
Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Update Bible Version
Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thrice in the year shall all your male children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thryse in a yere shall all your men chyldren appeare before the Lorde Iehouah God of Israel.

Christian Standard Bible®
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thryse in a yeare shal all yor men children appeare before the Souernoure, euen the LORDE and God of Israel.

THE MESSAGE
"All your men are to appear before the Master, the God of Israel, three times a year. You won't have to worry about your land when you appear before your God three times each year, for I will drive out the nations before you and give you plenty of land. Nobody's going to be hanging around plotting ways to get it from you.

New American Standard Bible
"Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

New Revised Standard
Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ The festival of unleavened cakes, shalt thou keep, seven days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes, which I commanded thee, at the set time, in the month Abib, - for in the month Abib, camest thou forth out of Egypt. ¹⁹ Every one that is the first to be born, is mine, - and every one of thy cattle that is born a male, firstling of oxen or sheep. ²⁰ But the firstling of an ass, thou mayst redeem with a lamb, and if thou wilt not redeem it, then shalt thou break its neck. Every firstborn of thy sons, shalt thou redeem, and he must not see my face, with empty hand. ²¹ Six days, shalt thou labour, but on the seventh day, shalt thou rest, - in plowing time and in harvest, shalt thou rest. ²² And the festival of weeks, shalt thou make to thee, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, - and the festival of ingathering, at the closing in of the year: ²³ three times in the year, shall every one of thy males see the face of the Lord Yahweh the God of Israel. ²⁴ For I will root out nations from before thee, and will enlarge thy borders, - and no man shall covet thy land, when thou goes up to see the face of Yahweh thy God, three times in the year. ²⁵ Thou shalt not slay, along with anything leavened, the blood of my sacrifice, - neither shall remain to the morning, the sacrifice of the festival of the passover. ²⁶ The beginning of the firstfruits of thy ground, shalt thou bring into the house of Yahweh, thy God, Thou shalt not boil a kid, in the milk of its dam. ²⁷ And Yahweh said unto Moses, Write for thyself these words, for according to the tenor of these words, have I solemnized with thee, a covenant, and with Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thrice: Exodus 23:14, Exodus 23:17, Deuteronomy 16:16, Psalms 84:7

the God: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 33:20

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:3 - yearly 1 Kings 9:25 - three times Psalms 122:4 - Whither Isaiah 1:12 - When Ezekiel 36:38 - as the flock Ezekiel 46:9 - come before Luke 2:41 - went John 5:1 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 34:4
Then spake Shechem unto Hamor his father, saying, - Take me this girl to wife!

Genesis 34:5
Now, Jacob, had heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, but, his sons, happened to be with his cattle in the field, - so Jacob kept quiet until they came in.

Genesis 34:6
Then came forth Hamor, father of Shechem, unto Jacob, - to speak with him.

Genesis 34:10
And with us, stroll ye dwell, - and, the land, shall be before you, tarry, and go through it, and get possessions therein.

Genesis 34:12
Heap on me, exceedingly, dowry and gift, and I will give, just as ye may say unto me, - but give me the young woman, to wife.

Genesis 34:13
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and spake (because he had defiled Dinah their sister) -

Genesis 34:24
And they hearkened unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, even all that were going forth out of the gate of his city, - and every male was circumcised, all that were going forth out of the gate of his city.

Genesis 34:26
Hamor also, and Shechem his son, slew they with the edge of the sword, - and took Dinah out of the house of Shechem, and came forth,

Genesis 34:27
The sons of Jacob, came in upon the slain and plundered the city, - because they had defiled their sister:

Proverbs 28:20
A man of fidelity, aboundeth in blessings, but, one hasting to be rich, shall not be held innocent.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God,.... At the three above mentioned feasts,

:- 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exo. 20–23; see Exodus 24:7).

Exodus 34:13

Cut down their groves - This is the first reference to what is commonly known as grove-worship. The original word for “grove” in this connection אשׁרה 'ăshêrāh is different from that so rendered in Genesis 21:33. Our translators supposed that what the law commands is the destruction of groves dedicated to the worship of false deities Judges 6:25; 2 Kings 18:4; but inasmuch as the worship of asherah is found associated with that of Astarte, or Ashtoreth Judges 2:13; Jdg 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4, it seems probable that while Astarte was the personal name of the goddess, the asherah was a symbol of her, probably in some one of her characters, made in wood in some conventional form.

Exodus 34:15-16

An expansion of Exodus 34:12. The unfaithfulness of the nation to its covenant with Yahweh is here for the first time spoken of as a breach of the marriage bond. The metaphor is, in any case, a natural one, but it seems to gain point, if we suppose it to convey an allusion to the abominations connected with pagan worship, such as are spoken of in Numbers 25:1-3.

Exodus 34:21

See Exodus 20:9; Exodus 23:12. There is here added to the commandment a particular caution respecting those times of year when the land calls for most labor. The old verb “to ear” (i. e. to plow) is genuine English.

Exodus 34:24

Neither shall any man desire etc. - Intended to encourage such as might fear the consequences of obeying the divine law in attending to their religious duties. Compare Proverbs 16:7.