Deuteronomy 16:16

Modern English Version

Three times a year all your males must appear before the Lord your God in the place where He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles, and they must not appear before the Lord empty.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:25

Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the Lord, and he burned incense on the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.

2 Chronicles 8:13

according to the daily duty to offer up as the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual festivals: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

Ezra 3:1

When the seventh month had come, the Israelites had resettled in their cities, and the people gathered themselves together, as one man, to Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 8:15

and that they should pronounce and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, “Go out to the hills and bring olive branches, along with wild olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches, and other leafy branches to make booths, as it was written.”

Psalm 122:4

to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

Psalm 84:7

They go from strength to strength; every one of them appears in Zion before God.

Psalm 84:8

O  Lord God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob!   Selah

Psalm 96:8

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come into His courts.

Exodus 34:20

But you must redeem with a lamb the firstborn of a donkey, and if you fail to redeem him, then you must break his neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

Exodus 34:24

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

Isaiah 23:18

Her merchandise and her harlot’s wages shall be set apart to the Lord. It shall not be treasured or stored up, for her merchandise shall be for those who dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for choice clothing.

Isaiah 33:20

Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; your eyes shall see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of its stakes shall ever be removed, nor shall any of its cords be broken.

Ezekiel 36:38

As the flock for sacrifices, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:34

Speak to the Israelites, saying: The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord.

Haggai 1:9

You looked for much, and it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of Hosts. Because of My house that lies in ruins while each of you runs to his own house.

Matthew 2:11

And when they came into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary, His mother, and fell down and worshipped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Mark 12:3

But they seized him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

John 7:2

Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.

Deuteronomy 16:15

You are to celebrate the festival for seven days to the Lord your God in the place where the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce, and in all the works of your hands. Therefore, you will indeed rejoice.

Deuteronomy 16:17

Every man must give as he is able, in proportion to the blessing of the Lord your God, which He has given you.

Deuteronomy 31:11

when all Israel has come to appear before the Lord your God in the place which He will choose, you must read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

1 Samuel 1:3

This man went up out of his city annually to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of Hosts in Shiloh. And there the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the Lord.

1 Samuel 6:3

They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty. But return to Him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.”