Deuteronomy 16:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Each year there are three festivals when all Israelite men must go to the place where the LORD chooses to be worshipped. These are the Festival of Thin Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Shelters. And don't forget to take along a gift for the LORD.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:25

Three times a year, Solomon burnt incense and offered sacrifices to the LORD on the altar he had built. Solomon had now finished building the LORD's temple.

2 Chronicles 8:13

He followed the requirements that Moses had given for sacrifices offered on the Sabbath, on the first day of each month, the Festival of Thin Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Shelters.

Ezra 3:1

During the seventh month of the year, the Israelites who had settled in their towns went to Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 8:15

They also learnt that they were to go into the woods and gather branches of leafy trees such as olives, myrtles, and palms for making these shelters.

Psalm 122:4

Every tribe of the LORD obeys him and comes to you to praise his name.

Psalm 84:7

Your people grow stronger, and you, the God of gods, will be seen in Zion.

Psalm 84:8

LORD God All-Powerful, the God of Jacob, please answer my prayer!

Psalm 96:8

He is wonderful! Praise him and bring an offering into his temple.

Exodus 34:20

You can save the life of a firstborn donkey by sacrificing a lamb; if you don't, you must break the donkey's neck. You must save every firstborn son. Bring an offering every time you come to worship.

Exodus 34:24

I will force the nations out of your land and enlarge your borders. Then no one will try to take your property when you come to worship me these three times each year.

Isaiah 23:18

but none of what is earned will be kept in the city. That money will belong to the LORD, and it will be used to buy more than enough food and good clothes for those who worship the LORD.

Isaiah 33:20

Look to Mount Zion where we celebrate our religious festivals. You will see Jerusalem, secure as a tent with pegs that cannot be pulled up and fastened with ropes that can never be broken.

Ezekiel 36:38

The towns that now lie in ruins will be filled with people, just as Jerusalem was once filled with sheep to be offered as sacrifices during a festival. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Leviticus 23:34

to say to the community of Israel: Beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and continuing for seven days, everyone must celebrate the Festival of Shelters in honour of me.

Haggai 1:9

You expected much, but received only a little. And when you brought it home, I made that little disappear. Why have I done this? It's because you hurry off to build your own houses, while my temple is still in ruins.

Matthew 2:11

When the men went into the house and saw the child with Mary, his mother, they knelt down and worshipped him. They took out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh and gave them to him.

Mark 12:3

The tenants grabbed the servant. They beat him up and sent him away without a thing.

John 7:2

It was almost time for the Festival of Shelters,

Deuteronomy 16:17

The bigger the harvest the LORD gives you, the bigger your gift should be.

1 Samuel 1:3

Once a year Elkanah travelled from his home town to Shiloh, where he worshipped the LORD All-Powerful and offered sacrifices. Eli was the LORD's priest there, and his two sons Hophni and Phinehas served with him as priests.

1 Samuel 6:3

“Don't send it back without a gift,” the priests and fortune-tellers answered. “Send along something to Israel's God to make up for taking the chest in the first place. Then you will be healed, and you will find out why the LORD was causing you so much trouble.”