Deuteronomy 16:16

New English Translation

Three times a year all your males must appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Temporary Shelters; and they must not appear before him empty-handed.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:25

Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place.

2 Chronicles 8:13

He observed the daily requirements for sacrifices that Moses had specified for Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and the three annual celebrations – the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Temporary Shelters.

Ezra 3:1

When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were living in their towns, the people assembled in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 8:15

and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message in all their cities and in Jerusalem: “Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written.”

Psalm 122:4

The tribes go up there, the tribes of the Lord, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the Lord.

Psalm 84:7

They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.

Psalm 84:8

O Lord, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)

Psalm 96:8

Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his courts!

Exodus 34:20

Now the firstling of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. “No one will appear before me empty-handed.

Exodus 34:24

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

Isaiah 23:18

Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the Lord. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the Lord’s presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes.

Isaiah 33:20

Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two.

Ezekiel 36:38

Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Leviticus 23:34

“Tell the Israelites, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days to the Lord.

Haggai 1:9

‘You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?’ asks the Lord who rules over all. ‘Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!

Matthew 2:11

As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Mark 12:3

But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

John 7:2

Now the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.

Deuteronomy 16:15

You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the Lord your God in the place he chooses, for he will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do; so you will indeed rejoice!

Deuteronomy 16:17

Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

Deuteronomy 31:11

when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them within their hearing.

1 Samuel 1:3

Year after year this man would go up from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh. It was there that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, served as the Lord’s priests.

1 Samuel 6:3

They replied, “If you are going to send the ark of the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.”