Deuteronomy 16:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘All your males are to appear three times a year  before the Lord your God in the place he chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.

Cross References

Haggai 1:9

‘You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined  it. Why? ’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. ‘Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Matthew 2:11

Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and falling to their knees, they worshipped him.  Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Exodus 34:20

You may redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a sheep, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.  You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one is to appear before me empty-handed.

1 Kings 9:25

Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, and he burned incense with them in the Lord’s presence.  So he completed the temple.

Isaiah 23:18

But her profits and wages will be dedicated to the Lord. They will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live in the Lord’s presence, to provide them with ample food and sacred clothing.

Mark 12:3

But they took him, beat   him, and sent him away empty-handed.

John 7:2

The Jewish Festival of Shelters  , was near.

Exodus 34:24

For I will drive out nations  before you and enlarge your territory.  No one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God.

Leviticus 23:34

‘Tell the Israelites: The Festival of Shelters  , to the Lord begins on the fifteenth day of this seventh month and continues for seven days.

Deuteronomy 16:15

You are to hold a seven-day festival for the Lord your God in the place he chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands,  and you will have abundant joy.

Deuteronomy 16:17

Everyone must appear with a gift suited to his means, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 31:11

when all Israel assembles in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he chooses,  you are to read this law aloud before all Israel.

1 Samuel 1:3

This man would go up from his town every year  to worship and to sacrifice  to the Lord of Armies at Shiloh,  where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were the Lord’s priests.

1 Samuel 6:3

They replied, ‘If you send the ark of Israel’s God away, do not send it without an offering.  Send back a guilt offering to him,  and you will be healed. Then the reason his hand hasn’t been removed from you will be revealed.’

2 Chronicles 8:13

He followed the daily requirement  for offerings according to the commandment of Moses  for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters.

Nehemiah 8:15

So they proclaimed and spread this news throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make shelters, just as it is written.’

Ezra 3:1

When the seventh month arrived,  and the Israelites were in their towns, the people gathered as one in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 33:20

Look at Zion, the city of our festival times. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture,  a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up nor will any of its cords be loosened.

Ezekiel 36:38

So the ruined cities will be filled with a flock of people, just as Jerusalem  is filled with a flock of sheep for sacrifice  during its appointed festivals. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” ’