Deuteronomy 16:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Three times a year, then, all your males shall appear before the Lord, your God, in the place which he will choose: at the feast of Unleavened Bread, at the feast of Weeks, and at the feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed,

Cross References

1 Kings 9:25

Three times a year Solomon used to offer burnt offerings and communion offerings on the altar which he had built to the Lord, and to burn incense before the Lord. Thus he completed the temple. Solomon’s Gifts.

2 Chronicles 8:13

as was required to be done day by day according to the command of Moses, especially on the sabbaths, at the new moons, and on the fixed festivals three times a year: on the feast of the Unleavened Bread, the feast of Weeks, and the feast of Booths.

Ezra 3:1

Now when the seventh month came, after the Israelites had settled in their cities, the people gathered as one in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 8:15

and that they should have this proclamation made throughout their cities and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the hill country and bring in branches of olive, oleaster, myrtle, palm, and other trees in leaf, to make booths, as it is written.”

Psalm 122:4

There the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, As it was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

Psalm 84:7

As they pass through the Baca valley, they find spring water to drink. The early rain covers it with blessings.

Psalm 84:8

They will go from strength to strength and see the God of gods on Zion.

Psalm 96:8

give to the Lord the glory due his name! Bring gifts and enter his courts;

Exodus 34:20

The firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; if you do not redeem it, you must break its neck. The firstborn among your sons you shall redeem. No one shall appear before me empty-handed.

Exodus 34:24

Since I will drive out the 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.

Isaiah 23:18

But her merchandise and her hire shall be sacred to the Lord. It shall not be stored up or laid away; instead, her merchandise shall belong to those who dwell before the Lord, to eat their fill and clothe themselves in choice attire.

Isaiah 33:20

Look to Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes shall see Jerusalem as a quiet abode, a tent not to be struck, Whose pegs will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes severed.

Ezekiel 36:38

Like sheep for sacrifice, like the sheep of Jerusalem on its feast days, the ruined cities shall be filled with flocks of people; then they shall know that I am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:34

Tell the Israelites: The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Lord’s feast of Booths, which shall continue for seven days.

Haggai 1:9

You expected much, but it came to little; and what you brought home, I blew away. Why is this?—oracle of the Lord of hosts— Because my house is the one which lies in ruins, while each of you runs to your own house.

Matthew 2:11

and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Mark 12:3

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

John 7:2

But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.

Deuteronomy 16:15

For seven days you shall celebrate this feast for the Lord, your God, in the place which the Lord will choose; since the Lord, your God, has blessed you in all your crops and in all your undertakings, you will be full of joy.

Deuteronomy 16:17

but each with his own gift, in proportion to the blessing which the Lord, your God, has given to you. Justice.

Deuteronomy 31:11

when all Israel goes to appear before the Lord, your God, in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law aloud in the presence of all Israel.

1 Samuel 1:3

Each year this man went up from his city to worship and offer sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were ministering as priests of the Lord.

1 Samuel 6:3

They replied: “If you intend to send back the ark of the God of Israel, you must not send it alone, but must, by all means, make amends to God through a reparation offering. Then you will be healed, and will learn why God continues to afflict you.”