23Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
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Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
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:
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-27)Here is a repetition of several appointments made before, especially relating to their solemn feasts. When they had made the calf, they proclaimed a feast in honour of it; now, that they might never do so again, they are here charged with the observance of the feasts which God had instituted. Note, Men need not be drawn from their religion by the temptation of mirth, for we serve a Master that has…
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