Exodus 34:23
Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
Exodus 34:23 in other translations
| BSB | Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. |
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| WEB | Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. |
| ASV | Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel. |
| YLT | ‘Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, God of Israel; |
| DARBY | Thrice in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel. |
| BBE | Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord, the God of Israel. |
| Webster | Thrice in the year shall all your male children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. |
What does Exodus 34:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 34:8-26
8-26. Moses bowed ... and worshipped--In the East, people bow the head to royalty, and are silent when it passes by, while in the West, they take off their hats and shout.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 34:18-27
Once a week they must rest, even in ploughing time, and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosper the better, for the religious observance of the sabbath day in harvest time. We must show that we prefer our communion with God, and our duty to him, before the business or the joy of harvest. Thrice a year they must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel…
Exodus 34:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 34:23
- Exodus 23:14
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
- Exodus 23:17
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.
- Deuteronomy 16:16
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:
- Genesis 32:28
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.
- Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
- Genesis 33:20
And he erected there an altar, and called it El–elohe–Israel.
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Context
- Exodus 34:22
And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
- Exodus 34:23
Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
- Exodus 34:24
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.
Exodus 34:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tres veces en el año será visto todo varón tuyo delante del Señoreador Jehová, Dios de Israel. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | – Trois fois l’an, tout mâle d’entre vous paraîtra devant la face du Seigneur, l’ Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Dreimal im Jahre sollen alle deine Männlichen erscheinen vor dem Angesicht des Herrn Jehova, des Gottes Israels. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tribus temporibus anni apparebit omne masculinum tuum in conspectu omnipotentis Domini Dei Israël. |